Your Fort Myers community correspondent, Miyoshi Price, was able to access the city's water treatment center to show you the impact that eleven new wells will have on the water that comes into your home. All eleven wells were completed over the summer. Sciandra says the additional water supply helps with preventative maintenance.
He explained that water well construction takes longer because of design, pricing, drilling, and equipment deliveries. While at one of the well locations off Winkler and Challenger, he says the generator took almost two years to arrive.
He says Ward 6 was the area of concern in The city was awarded 35 million from the Department of Environmental Protection's State Revolving Fund, so residents should expect more wells with more apartments and condos going up around the city. During a Monday city council regular meeting, they voted to approve an application or a contract for a loan with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
This vote is not directly connected to the water wells project, but Sciandra says it is a part of the solution to the city's clean water issues and concerns. So we treat the water to a high standard, and it currently goes out to the river, but ultimately, we want to eliminate that because there's still a small amount of nutrients left in that water, and we want to minimize any impact the city is having on that water body. The goal is to eliminate that surface water discharge and make more reclaimed water available to residents.
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