Keller Water Treatment Facility

The Keller Water Treatment Facility is responsible for the treatment and distribution of approximately 50-55 million gallons per day (MGD) of potable (drinking) water for more than 900,000 residents and visitors of Pinellas County. The water service area stretches from the north at Tarpon Springs to the south at Fort De Soto Park. The facility includes 40 million gallons of water storage with pumps capable of moving over 80 million gallons of water a day. Wholesale water service is supplied to the cities of Clearwater, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor and Tarpon Springs.

Water Treatment:

The water treatment processes include:

• Aeration
• Primary disinfection using free chlorine residual
• Secondary disinfection using chloramination
  (addition of ammonia and chlorine)
• pH stabilization using sodium hydroxide
• Addition of polyphosphate inhibitor for corrosion control of pipes

 

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Previous Water Sources:

Prior to 1998, Pinellas County’s drinking water production started with safe and reliable water located deep beneath the ground. In Pinellas County, groundwater comes from the Floridan Aquifer, a thick sequence of porous limestone beneath the Earth’s surface which spreads throughout Florida as well as parts of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. This water-rich source is considered to be one of the largest freshwater aquifers in the nation, and can provide the safest and highest quality water available.

 

• The hydrologic cycle plays an important role in the replenishment of natural water sources including our regional drinking water supplies mentioned above.
• Water History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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