NextEra Energy companies have extensive processed water and wastewater capabilities, including the operations and treatment activities at 25 thermal generating sites and five nuclear facilities in the U.S. NextEra Energy entities hold a combined 28 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits and have domestic wastewater treatment facilities on at least five sites. Our company manages over 1.9 trillion gallons of water a year across 25 generating sites. Raw water sources include municipal reclaim, groundwater, and surface water, as well as other fresh and sea water sources. Treatment technologies include multi-media filtration, nano- and ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis, electro-deionization, ultraviolet light and ion exchange.

Additionally, NextEra Energy and its affiliates are working on the following projects:

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FPL Miami-Dade Clean Water Recovery Center (CWRC)

The FPL Miami-Dade Clean Water Recovery Center (CWRC) is a state-of-the-art reclaimed water treatment facility that will treat up to 15 million gallons of water per day from Miami-Dade County to cool the natural gas plant located at FPL’s Turkey Point Clean Energy Center. The CWRC is expected to be complete by December 2024 and will increase the resiliency of the Turkey Point Clean Energy Center and the customers it serves. This innovative project will also help Miami-Dade County meet the reuse requirements under Florida’s Ocean Outfall Legislation. The CWRC will provide a cost-effective way to reuse and recycle treated wastewater that would otherwise be discarded and to conserve Floridan aquifer groundwater – a precious resource.

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West County Energy Center Water Treatment Plant

More than 10 years ago, FPL partnered with Palm Beach County and converted its West County Energy Center to use reclaimed water for cooling the three-unit natural gas combined-cycle facility. The company helped build a 17-mile pipeline to transport as much as 22 million gallons of reclaimed water each day from the county’s sewer system to the power plant. Without doing this, the wastewater would have either been discharged into the ocean or injected deep into the ground and the site would have relied upon higher quality water resources.

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Okeechobee Clean Energy Center

Operates a non-transient, non-community public water system with a maximum permitted capacity of more than 83,000 gallons per day. The system supplies potable water to the facility’s administration building restrooms, breakroom, and 20 combination emergency safety shower and eyewash stations, and one emergency eyewash station. Treatment technologies include chlorination and pressure filters.  

Beyond Florida

NextEra Energy and its affiliates are also on a project that will provide reclaimed water for a campus cooling tower and boiler. Technologies applied include hydroponics, reverse osmosis and the use of a membrane bioreactor with commercial operation anticipated in 2024. Additionally, NextEra Water is creating multiple clean water and wastewater projects in Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as project opportunities throughout the United States.