Southwest Water Reclamation Facility

JEA's Southwest Water Reclamation Facility (SW WRF) located at 5420 118th Street, treats wastewater from Jacksonville's Westside. Expansion of the SW WRF is required to replace the aging equipment and facilities within the plant, and expand the permitted average capacity to 16 MGD (million gallons per day). 

The expansion will include two (2) new four-stage Bardenpho 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. 

Improvements to the existing treatment system will include installation of an expanded plant headworks with screening, grit removal and odor control, new return and waste activated sludge pumps and expanded sludge holding tank capacity.  New operations facilities will include a new administration building with laboratory, a new maintenance workshop, and two new electrical equipment buildings.  Site improvements will include parking for staff as well as increased flex area for equipment storage for storm response equipment and provisions for future electrical vehicle fleet parking and charging stations.    

Implementation of the improvements is being done through the Construction Manager At-Risk (CMAR) concept.  Garney Construction is the CMAR contractor and CDM Smith, Inc. are the design consultants. The CMAR process allowed JEA to start construction of the UV effluent disinfection system early in 2021, and it will be completed in the summer of 2022.  The major plant construction was started in April 2022 and is scheduled to be complete by Fall 2025.

Construction will primarily occur on JEA property. Residents may notice increased large truck traffic during equipment deliveries.