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Project Description and Benefits The Loop 72 project is one component of Tampa Bay Water’s Master Water Plan. The Master Water Plan was developed to meet the region’s water supply demands through 2014. In order to relieve environmental stress on our existing regional facilities, Tampa Bay Water must reduce dependence on groundwater from a current permitted level of 158 million gallons a day to 90 million gallons a day by the year 2008. This plan calls for the use of alternative sources such as surface water and desalinated seawater as well as limited additional groundwater. The Loop 72 transmission main will be part of a network of larger diameter pipelines designed to transfer water from the regional water treatment plant facilities and other sources to member governments’ points of connection. This system of pipelines, in combination with the new and existing supply sources, will allow Tampa Bay Water to rotate, or shift, water supply among a variety of facilities to respond to environmental conditions, regulatory constraints or system failures. The Loop 72 transmission main, 72-inches in diameter, will connect Tampa Bay Water’s regional system in the vicinity of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. and I-75 to Hillsborough County’s Lake Park Pump Station at Dale Mabry Highway and Van Dyke Road. This project will provide three benefits to Tampa Bay Water's regional system:
This project involves all tasks leading to the installation of a potable water transmission main including route and material selection, Public Input, detailed design, permitting, property acquisition and construction. Currently, route selection has been completed and only the property acquisition services of the design phase have been authorized. |
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