Pritchett Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) Project

Overview

Okaloosa County is implementing a program to construct the new 10 mgd Arbennie Pritchett WRF to replace the existing 6.5-mgd Garniers WWTP. The new WRF will be constructed on leased property located on Eglin AFB that is currently used by OCWS for disposal of treated effluent from the existing Garniers WWTP. The new WRF will be constructed on 20 acres of the existing 670 acre Garniers WWTP Spray Field. OCWS has utilized this property for effluent disposal for more than 30 years. The new WRF will dispose of treated effluent onto 200 acres of RIBs that also will be located at this site. Following completion of the new WRF and disposal system, OCWS will have used about 255 acres for the 10 mgd capacity of the WRF and will return more than 415 acres of the existing 670 acre spray field to Eglin AFB.

OCWS and the Air Force negotiated for more than 6 years to develop a lease for the 255 acre parcel. The new lease agreement has a term of 30-years and includes a 30-year renewal, thus ensuring the continued operation of the new WRF at this location well into the future.

The new Arbennie Pritchett WRF is needed because of the age, location, operational performance, and other factors associated with the existing Garniers WWTP. The new 10 mgd WRF is intended to provide new and improved technology, increase service area, enhance operational performance, as well as removing the existing Garniers WWTP from the ever increasing residential congestion of its current location.  The new WRF will not only serve the County's Garniers Service Area, but also will have the capacity to treat wastewater flows generated by Eglin AFB properties and other developing areas within the region. 

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