Clean Water

State Revolving Fund

RECLAIMED WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN

STATE PROGRAM: Florida Department of Environmental
Protection

ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT: Town of Baldwin
ASSISTANCE AMOUNT: $2,373,472

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Florida's CWSRF Program provided a loan to the Town of Baldwin for $2,373,472 to construct a reclaimed water
transmission main to the Brandy Branch Power Plant near Jacksonville, Florida. This project will send ail the
effluent from the town's wastewater plant to the power plant to be used for cooling water at the power plant.
As a result, the amount of groundwater withdrawn from the aquifer will be reduced, which in turn reduces the
impact of the power plant on the aquifer during drought conditions. The funding package included $222,110 in
principal forgiveness and a $1,811,101 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Small
Community Wastewater Grant Program, as well as a $889,350 grant from the St. Johns River Water
Management District. Construction on this project began in November 2018 and was completed on September
17, 2019. Previously, the town's effluent was discharged to surface waters, so this project not only provides
beneficial reuse but also reduces nutrients discharged to local water bodies.

To read more about this case study, please visit https://www.epa.gov/svstem/files/documents/2022-
08/Funding%20Drought%20Resiliency%20Proiects%20with%20the%20CWSRF.pdf.

CWSRF Case Study

&EPA

https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf


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