Melbourne is committed to improving its water and wastewater facilities so they conserve and protect our water resources. In this regard, the City will continue to maintain and upgrade its water production and water reclamation facilities with new technologies as they become available. The City’s capital improvement plan for fiscal years 2007-2012 calls for $162,549,905 of capital improvements to the system. This plan will provide the system with adequate reserve capacity for added growth in future customer connections. Planned capital improvement project highlights are presented below:

The total water distribution system and master plan improvements are estimated to cost $29,675,987 over the six-year capital improvement plan period.

The total water reclamation facilities improvements are estimated to cost $46,643,758 over the six-year capital improvement period.

Other capital improvements are estimated to cost $14,488,691 over the six-year capital improvement plan period and include, but are not limited to, vehicles, equipment, machinery, and other minor improvements.

Water use monitoring and water loss prevention activities will continue. This includes reading meters on a standardized cycle, testing and calibrating large meters, continuing the residential meter change-out program, and producing a monthly report that details unmetered and unaccounted for water.