Water | Wastewater

The City of Polk City has a population of approximately 2,500 persons and a utility service area of approximately 44 square miles located in north central Polk County. In order to meet the rapid expansion of residential growth in Central Florida and their service area in particular, the City of Polk City sought to modify their existing Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) water use permit (WUP).

We serve as an Engineer for the City of Polk City (City) and recently successfully modified the City’s WUP. Our WUP services as City Engineer included:

In June of 2002 the Heartland Water Alliance (HWA), which consists of DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Counties, was formed to address problems facing the region’s water supply. In June 2003, the HWA selected the Envisors (EVI) (lead consultant) and Black & Veatch (B&V) team to undertake a three-phased work plan to prepare a 20-year Water Supply Plan (WSP) to help ensure adequate water sources are planned to meet water needs through the year 2025 for their four-county HWA area.

The Town of Dundee built it’s first WWTF in 1999 as part of a multi-phase sewer system development project. Envisors was the engineer working for the Town on all the phases of this project, in which Envisors prepared and processed a $3.5 million USDA grant and loan application. Since the completion of the Phase I WWTF, the Town’s wastewater customer base continued to increase, and the Town requested Envisors to expand the treatment and disposal capacity of its recently constructed 0.09 MGD Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) to 0.7 MGD.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) had plans to widen U.S. 27 from a four-lane to a six-lane divided highway in the summer of 2007, primarily through the Town of Lake Hamilton’s Utility Service Area. This FDOT Project required the relocation of several Town water lines away from the proposed travel lanes, swales and storm water structures. The scope of improvements that were constructed with this Project included:

1,500 linear feet of 10-inch water main;
600 linear feet of 8-inch water main; and
Removal of approximately 2,000 feet of existing water lines.

In order to provide water service to a new planned development within the City, the City of Polk City retained Envisors to design a water main extension along State Road 33. The Project consisted of surveying, designing, permitting and administering construction of approximately 10,500 feet of 10-inch PVC water piping. The new water main extended from Lake Margaret Drive to Mount Olive Road along the FDOT Right of Way.

The Town of Dundee has a population of approximately 3,000 persons and a utility service area of approximately 20 square miles located in east Polk County. In order to meet the rapid expansion of residential growth in Central Florida and their service area in particular, the Town of Dundee sought to modify their existing Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) water use permit (WUP).

We serve as the Town Engineer for the Town of Dundee (Town) and recently successfully modified the Town’s WUP. Our WUP services as Town Engineer included:

The old Webber International University WWTF was permitted for 20,000 gpd Average Day Flow (ADF). The treatment process utilized an extended aeration process and effluent was disposed of in two adjacent percolation ponds.