{"id":345013,"date":"2026-07-19T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345013\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:06:09","slug":"winter-springs-breaks-ground-on-new-wastewater-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/345013\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Springs breaks ground on new wastewater facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winterspringsfl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.winterspringsfl.org\/\">Winter Springs<\/a> will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 9 am for the city\u2019s new East Wastewater Reclamation Facility. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">This new facility represents Winter Springs\u2019 latest investment to ensure its wastewater systems remain robust and operational far into the future. The construction is primarily funded through a loan from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s State Revolving Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The groundbreaking ceremony will be attended by the Winter Springs Mayor, Commission, and staff, along with members of Wharton-Smith, the construction firm handling the project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">An additional $19.1 million has been secured for the facility\u2019s construction, specifically allocated for Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Following the groundbreaking this Tuesday, construction will commence on the East Wastewater Reclamation Facility. The project is backed by a loan from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s State Revolving Fund and dedicated hurricane relief funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784437569_972_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 Winter Springs will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 9&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140,8592],"class_list":["post-345013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-winter-springs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}