JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Every day, over a million gallons of wastewater flow into JEA’s all-new Greenland Water Reclamation Facility, treated in several stages, including the help of microorganisms and UV light purification.
The facility is Duval County’s first all-new water reclamation facility in 48 years, with construction started on the $148 million project back in March 2022.
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Now, it provides 100% reclaimed water, set to serve 22,800 customers across E-town, Nocatee, and the surrounding areas once at full capabilities.
It’s supposed to help with the low reclaimed water reserves that Nocatee neighbors were dealing with last summer.
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“It will be irrigation purposes, you know, lawns, golf courses, all our customers,” JEA Manager of Wastewater Treatment & Reuse Zasha Del Orbe explained to Action News Jax during a tour of the facility Friday morning. “We have large customers and we got smaller customers that use our reclaim on a daily basis to maintain their lawns.”
The facility is now set to serve the neighbors of some of Northeast Florida’s fastest-growing areas.
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“There’s a lot of growth in the Jacksonville area, including the St. Johns grid area and E-Town area,” Del Orbe said.
The facility also aims to protect Jacksonville’s waterways and natural resources millions of gallons at a time.
“Water is a finite resource. It’s more responsible for the community to use it as irrigation versus it going back in the St. Johns River,” Del Orbe said.
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