The East Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility is owned by a consortium consisting of the Cities of West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Lake Worth, the Town of Palm Beach and Palm Beach County.

This facility processes and disposes of wastewater and residuals from its constituent customers. The plant is currently capable of and licensed to process 55 million gallons of influent per day.

A major Project is underway to increase the processing capacity of the plant from 55 million to 70 million gallons of wastewater per day. Several actions will be required to achieve this increase in productivity:

• Additional effluent pumps will be purchased and installed
• A seventh Deep Injection Well and corresponding test well will be drilled and placed in service.
• Additional air blowers will be installed to increase the oxygen to aerobic digester.
• A second equalization basin will be installed.
• An additional bar screen will be installed.
• All eight clarifiers will be rehabilitated. Rehabilitation will include the replacement of the metal infrastructure and drive units.