Florida is growing. Its water infrastructure needs to grow with it.
Florida faces a particularly complex water challenge.
Its low-lying, storm-prone and coastal geography makes communities vulnerable to flooding from heavy rainfall, hurricanes and rising seas. Equally, Florida’s continued growth is creating new opportunities across the state. Every new development increases demand on drinking water, stormwater and wastewater systems. And when that essential infrastructure cannot keep pace, it can become a constraint on what and where communities can build.
Resilient water infrastructure isn’t simply a response to growth. It helps make growth possible.
Florida’s growth relies heavily on modernizing the systems below ground.
Florida is a state shaped by water. Its future depends on how well that water is managed.
From stormwater systems that manage huge volumes of runoff, to wastewater systems that serve growing communities, modernizing water systems will provide the capacity that allows homes to be built and businesses to expand.
Florida’s Unique Water Challenges
Our best-in-class operators have ~50 years of expertise overcoming varied
design, specification and regulatory expertise. And Florida is no exception.
Reliant on one water source.
Almost all of Florida’s drinking water comes from the
main aquifer below the surface, making reliable clean water
conveyance infrastructure critical to the state’s water supply.
Climate resilience is a critical consideration.
Few states face climate resilience challenges quite like Florida.
Rising sea levels, high groundwater levels and severe storms
create unique conditions that infrastructure must
be designed to withstand.
When water infrastructure is critical, scale matters.
The scale of Florida’s water challenge means communities need to draw upon a provider with broad capabilities and deep local expertise.
CRH is a leading U.S. water infrastructure player and operates ~100 properties in Florida, across materials, products and services, to provide resilient water systems.
CRH brings together capabilities across clean water, stormwater and wastewater, with more than five decades of infrastructure experience.
Examples of our work modernizing Florida
Protecting the Indian River Lagoon
In Melbourne, Florida, Oldcastle Infrastructure stormwater systems capture pollutants carried by runoff before they reach the Indian River Lagoon. The city's 18 baffle boxes remove more than 4,000 pounds of harmful pollutants each year, helping improve water quality.
Modernizing Aging Water Systems in Tampa City
In Tampa, Florida, Oldcastle Infrastructure helped modernize the city’s aging drainage network and alleviate flooding with a major stormwater conveyance system, using box culverts, pipes and drainage inlets to collect and move water more effectively.
Everglades Restoration Project
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan is working to increase freshwater storage, improve water quality, and restore the natural movement of water through the greater Everglades ecosystem.
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