A project jointly funded by the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Pasco County will allow approximately 300 residential customers to connect to reclaimed water service.
The Timber Greens Golf Course currently pumps reclaimed water directly from the Pasco County Reuse Transmission System, which lowers reclaimed water pressure in the area near the golf course. Because of this loss in pressure, the county has not been able to offer reclaimed water to some nearby residents.
This project consists of the design and construction of a reclaimed water storage pond and pump station on the Timber Greens Golf Course property. The pond will be able to provide temporary storage for 500,000 gallons of reclaimed water. The pump station will have the capacity to pump one million gallons per day.
In addition to providing reclaimed water service to residents who live near the course, the project will also supply reclaimed water to the golf course during off-peak irrigation demand times of day, eliminating the need to use ground water to supplement reclaimed water for irrigation.
This project, which is being funded by Pasco County and the District’s Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board, is estimated to cost $500,000. The Basin Board’s share will be up to $250,000. Construction is scheduled to begin in February 2007 and be complete within a year.
Reclaimed water is wastewater that has received at least secondary treatment and is used for a beneficial purpose, such as irrigation. By offsetting demand for ground water and surface water, this alternative, non-traditional water source reduces stress on environmental systems, provides economic benefits by delaying costly water system expansions, and eliminates the need to discharge wastewater effluent to surface waters.