Orange County has opened its new Southern Regional water supply facility, which can produce up to 30 million gallons of drinking water a day. The new facility pumps water from 6 wells driven deep into the lower Floridan Aquifer. The water’s cleaned with ozone and piped out to 21 thousand homes and businesses in the region. At the moment it produces about 12 million gallons a day, but the plant can pump more water as more houses are built.
Ozone water treatment is growing technology for drinking water since it provides superior disinfection performance while minimizing byproducts found in the water. The use of ozone is often combined with more traditional disinfectants such as chlorine for the distribution system to provide multiple barriers of protection for public health.