Tampa Bay Water has come up with the nation’s first drought- proof drinking water supply. It is basically west- central Florida, which is benefiting from the water supply from Tampa Bay Water.
Tampa Bay region was suffering from serious drought conditions. It was then that the authorities planned to set up large scale sea water desalination plant catering water to more than 2.5 million residents of the Tampa Bay Area.
Florida being a peninsula, the water is harvested from the sea. The authorities plan to reach up to 35 million residents in the near future. The plant can produce 25 million gallons of water per day.
The American Water and the Acciona Agua of Spain were the two companies involved in bringing this plan to meet certain specifications.
General Manager of Tampa Bay Water informed that people from around America and in fact around the world have visited the project to see how it works so that they could also replicate it in the near future.
The plant is a successful example of public- private partnership, and though residents of Alabama, Georgia and North- Carina are suffering from drought, residents in Florida are enjoying the desalinated water.
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