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Melbourne's Water Supply

The City of Melbourne supplies drinking water for its population of about 77,000 and also for citizens located in surrounding cities and population centers in South Brevard County. This distribution service area is approximately 100 square miles.

Besides Melbourne, other areas supplied with retail water services are Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian Harbour Beach, Satellite Beach, Palm Shores, Melbourne Village and a portion of Brevard County. In addition, wholesale water service is provided to West Melbourne.

Current water accounts total close to 56,000, which equates to an equivalent customer base of approximately 150,000 persons.

Landscpae irrigation is permitted in Melbourne from the hours of 4pm and 10 am.

City of Melbourne Water Facts

Melbourne's water production facilities utilize both the innovative Actiflo surface water treatment process and a state-of-the-art reverse osmosis process. A total available capacity of 26.5 million gallons per day can be provided to the system's 150,000 consumers.

Two water reclamation facilities treat the wastewater from the City's 39,000 connections and reclaim 25-30 percent of the wastewater flow as reuse water for landscape irrigation.

An award-winning Conservation Through Education program serves as the foundation for a comprehensive water conservation effort.


Find more water saving tips at "Florida's Water," sponsored by the St. Johns River Water Management District in partnership with the City of Melbourne.
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Lake Washington - Click image for a tour of our photo gallery

Lake Washington provides a surface water supply for the Melbourne area.
 

Water pumped from Lake Washington is treated at the John A. Buckley Surface Water Treatment Plant.
 

City of Melbourne, FL Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant - Click image for a tour of our photo gallery

The Joe Mullins Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant was put into operation in 1995 and processes water drawn from deep wells.