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We’re investing in our facilities and plants, expanding capacity to accommodate population growth and adopting new technologies to better serve our customers today and for generations to come. Infrastructure upgrades also are preparing JEA to comply with state and federal regulations. Explore information below on JEA’s capital projects exceeding $25 million.

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Closed Title:Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility | Phase 2 Expansion | Influent Structure
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Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility
Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility

Project Objective

The Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility is currently permitted for 25 million gallons per day. Multiple parts of the existing plant need to be replaced or upgraded to meet this permitted capacity and effluent limits, as well as increase flexibility and redundancy of the plant. The project will add a new influent structure, aeration basin, primary clarifier, and blowers. 

     

    Construction Timeline:

    April 2025: Construction start date
    November 2027: Estimated completion

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $112,054,030

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    Closed Title:Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility | High Level Disinfection and Reclaim Water Expansion
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    Project Objective

    The Arlington East Water Reclamation Facility is the second largest facility in the JEA fleet treating 20 million gallons per day. The improvements are needed to support the new H2.0 Purification Center. The Project will expand the reclaim water system to full plant capacity and install a high-level disinfection system, rehabilitate the existing effluent pumping system, and construct a new lab building.

    Construction Timeline:

    August 2026: Construction start date
    January 2029: Estimated completion

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $186,784,130 

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    Closed Title:Buckman Biosolids Conversion
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    Project Objective

    Buckman Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) is JEA’s largest WRF. It includes a centralized Residuals Management Facility that processes biosolids from Buckman and eight other WRFs. Operating since 1958, the majority of the mechanical equipment and the building have reached the end of their usefulness and require replacements.

    The project will result in several capital projects to update and rehabilitate the Buckman WRF, including new biosolids handling. The new facility will consist of (a) a new two-story sludge thickening building; (b) a new thickening bulk polymer storage and feeding building; (c) a new magnesium hydroxide storage and feed building; (d) a new three-story biosolids dewatering building; (e) a new electrical switchgear building; (f) a new warehouse building, and (g) other miscellaneous facilities, including a filtrate pump station, a centrate pump station, and a thickening facility odor control system. 

    Construction Timeline:

    November 2020: Construction started
    May 2028: Estimated completion

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $387,622,532

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    Closed Title:Greenland Water Reclamation Facility
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    Greenland Water Reclamation Facility
    Greenland Water Reclamation Facility

    Project Objective

    The Greenland water reclamation facility serves customers and supports growth in Jacksonville’s Southside. The facility will treat water for an area initially serving 22,800 reclaim water customers in in E-Town and to the south along U.S. 1, within the Nocatee and Twin Creeks communities. 

    The facility is JEA’s first new water reclamation facility in Duval County in 48 years. The Greenland facility will allow JEA to continue in its sustainability mission. All of the plant’s effluent will be used for reclaimed water, which will initially service 5,700 customers for their irrigation needs. 


    Construction Timeline:

    March 2022: Construction started
    February 2025: Facility begins service


    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $147,947,184.00

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    Closed Title:H2.0 Purification Center
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    H2.0 Purification Center
    H2.0 Purification Center

    Project Objective

    The Center will serve as a training facility for JEA staff and visitor center to educate the public about the water cycle and purpose of the purification process. The center will further purify reclaimed water so it can be used to replenish the aquifer. The process is similar to what nature does through rainfall — only with a smaller footprint, in a shorter amount of time.  

    Construction Timeline:

    September 2023: Construction started
    September 2025: Expected completion

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $76,176,482

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    Closed Title:Monterey Water Reclamation Facility
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    Project Objective

    The Monterey Wastewater Treatment Facility was built in 1997 and has a permitted capacity of of 3.6 MGD and has a permitted outfall to the St. Johns River. There have been no major modifications in the past 20 years. The plan rehabilitation/improvements project includes an influent screening/pump station, sequence batch reactor No. 4 conversion to an aerobic sludge digester, sludge holding, dewatering and truck loading, effluent pump station, effluent equalization tank, electrical and storage building, emergency electrical generator/fuel tank, abandoned odor control system, operation buildings and site improvements. 

    Construction Timeline:

    July 2024: Construction started
    April 2027: Expected completion

    Project Budget:

    Projected Estimate: $39,745,563

     

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    Closed Title:Nassau Water Reclamation Facility Upgrade
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    Project Objective

    Projected growth in Nassau County demands that we expand the Nassau Water Reclamation Facility (WRF). The current wastewater flow projections predict that the plant will exceed its current capacity in 2025. Based on these projected wastewater flows, JEA decided to construct a new 2 MGD water reclamation facility with future plans to build out the new facility to 4 MGD by 2035 and take the existing 1.5 MGD MBR facility offline.   

    Construction Timeline:

    March 2022: Construction started
    May 2025: Estimated completion date

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $130,320,195

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    Closed Title:Northwest Water Reclamation Facility
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    Project Objective

    This project consists of the design, permitting and construction of a 2 MGD advanced water reclamation facility (WRF) including biosolids processing, new influent pipelines, and a deep disposal well in JEA’s NW service area. It also includes the design and development of a Master Development Plan for the total build out of the plant site that will be no less than 9 MGD, total build out capacity to be determined. 

    Construction Timeline:

    July 2026: Construction start date
    December 2028: Estimated completion

    Project Budget: 
    Forecasted Estimate: $199,383,684

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    Closed Title:Ponte Vedra Water Reclamation Facility
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    Project Objective

    This project will upgrade the existing facility to handle the anticipated increase in wastewater flow due to continued growth in the Ponte Vedra service area. The e Ponte Vedra WRF rehabilitation project will consist of a new equalization tank, expanded digestion capacity, rehab headworks, rehab sequenced batch reactors, new sand filter, and new blowers to support additional wastewater treatment aeration.  

    Construction Timeline:

    July 2026: Construction start date
    September 2028: Estimated completion date

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $35,143,990

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    Closed Title:Southside Integrated Piping System
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    Project Objective

    The Program will deliver raw water from the Main Street WTP (North Grid) to the South Grid to meet future water demands. Program will connect to Deerwood, Greenland and Oakridge water treatment plants.

    Construction Timeline:

    Deerwood

    • June 2022: Construction started
    • March 2025: Estimated completion date

    Greenland:

    • February 2024: Construction started
    • March 2026: Estimated completion date

    Oakridge:

    • May 2029: Construction start date
    • March 2030: Estimated completion date

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $122,085,240

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    Closed Title:Southwest Water Reclamation Facility
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    Project Objective

    JEA's Southwest Water Reclamation Facility treats wastewater from Jacksonville's Westside. Expansion of the facility is needed to replace aging equipment and facilities within the plant and expand the permitted average capacity from 10 MGD (million gallons per day to 16 MGD. 

    The expansion will include two new bioreactorsfour-stage Bardenpho with  aerated sludge treatment trains with internal recycle, two (2) new secondary clarifiers, and a new, larger ultraviolet (UV) effluent disinfection system.  Provisions will be included to allow for future expansion of a third treatment train and clarifier, as demands increase due to population growth.  

    Construction Timeline:

    April 2022: Construction started
    September 2025: Expected completion date

    Project Budget: 

    Forecasted Estimate: $136,292,411

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    Closed Title:Westlake Water Treatment Plan
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    Project Objective

    The purpose of this project will be to expand the facility’s water production and treatment capacity from 3.0 to 7.0 MGD.  This expansion will include the following new facilities: one (1) 2 MG Ground Storage Tank with tray aeration and ventilation system, high service pump station building, a sodium hypochlorite storage & pump room, four (4) high service pumps (VFD), a new on-site sewer pump station, a new emergency generator, a new on-site Replacement Well (Well No. 2R) and demo of existing WTP.  

    Construction Timeline:

    April 2027: Construction start date
    October 2029: Estimated completion date

    Project Budget:

    Forecasted Estimate: $30,839,212

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