Fort Myers gets $2.5M grant for water plant expansion

Fort Myers City Council on Oct. 5 approved a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the city’s Water Treatment Expansion Plan Project. The city is matching the grant with $625,000 toward the expansion, according to a staff report. The project is aimed at improving reliability and redundancy by increasing production capacity at an existing reverse osmosis treatment plant to about 15 million gallons per day of potable water. Plans call for new buildings to house the reverse osmosis facility and its electrical components, a new generator, fuel and storage area, and related equipment.