Construction Magazine December 2017 | Page 79

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The Lake Manatee Water Treatment plant caters for up to 350,000 civilians , processing over 40 million gallons of water each day

Ongoing support Manatee County has built strong relationships with external partners throughout the ongoing development works . Carollo Engineers , in conjunction with GE , are completing the design for the UF project and are now working on Manatee County ’ s SCADA management system . Vogel Brothers is the general contractor building the BTU .
“ This is an opportunity for local workers to work on a project that will have a positive effect on the community , and enhance the quality of life for civilians ,” Simpson says .
However , the upgrade of Manatee County ’ s water treatment facility is by no means low risk , nor an easy task . With the potential to impact thousands of civilians , Simpson
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