Bringing clean water to the community.

Project Highlights

The Tropical Farms Water Treatment Plant is the largest of the two Martin County Utilities’ (MCU) water treatment facilities. It plays a huge part in ensuring a readily available supply of clean drinking water for the community. Making sure that those water supply sources from both fresh shallow and deeper brackish aquifers are protected and managed sustainably is our priority.

As part of a planned plant expansion, two additional Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) wells are being constructed. MCU’s ability to draw on multiple water sources helps safeguard residents’ health by mitigating the impacts of threats such as drought conditions and the negative impact of rising sea levels.

Construction of two new alternative water supply wells at the Tropical Farms water treatment plant will increase brackish raw water supply by 4.7 million gallons per day. 

The Tropical Farms water treatment project will reduce withdrawal from existing wells and limit aquifer stress in order to maintain a consistent reliable and sustainable water supply.