northwest hillsborough  pipeline project

The Northwest Hillsborough Regional Wellfield is the sole source of drinking water for nearly 100,000 people in northwest Hillsborough County.  The wellfield supplies approximately 8 million gallons of water per day to Hillsborough County’s Northwest Hillsborough Potable Water Treatment Facility, located at Fawn Ridge, west of Sheldon Road.

The Northwest Hillsborough Pipeline is being installed in the Citrus Park area to connect these isolated facilities to Tampa Bay Water’s regional system.  The new 2-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline will deliver up to 15 million gallons per day of alternative water supplies to Hillsborough County’s Northwest Hillsborough Potable Water Treatment Facility, providing increased capacity, a much-needed back up water supply, and allowing the wellfield to be rested.

Construction will begin in May 2010 and will be completed in March 2011.