Nutrient removal: wastewater treatment plants in Florida
84 plants · 19% of the state · 174 MGD reported by 80 plants
Klarifi identifies 84 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants with nutrient removal in Florida, 19% of the 449 plants in the state (174 MGD reported by 80 plants). The largest is T P Smith Water Reclamation Facility in Tallahassee at 26.5 MGD.
Nutrient removal takes nitrogen and phosphorus out of the effluent, biologically in anoxic and anaerobic zones or chemically with metal salts. It is driven by permit limits and TMDLs on the receiving water and is the largest upgrade a plant can face, which makes these plants the best-documented market for process equipment and chemicals.
The largest plants with nutrient removal in Florida
| # | Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T P Smith Water Reclamation Facility | Tallahassee | 26.5 | FLA010139 | Aug 2028 | — |
| 2 | Southwest WRF | Cape Coral | 15 | FLA455458 | May 2026 | — |
| 3 | Daytona Beach Westside Regional WRF | Daytona Beach | 12.71 | FL0111392 | May 2029 | 4 |
| 4 | Southwest District WWTF | Jacksonville | 11.38 | FL0026468 | Aug 2029 | 4 |
| 5 | Ocud/northwest Water Reclamation Facility | Apopka | 11.25 | FLA010798 | May 2033 | — |
| 6 | City Of Naples Wastewater Treatment Facility | Naples | 10 | FL0026271 | Mar 2029 | 14 |
| 7 | Richard A Heyman WWTP -Key West | Key West | 10 | FLA147222 | Jan 2029 | — |
| 8 | Port Charlotte, City Of - Charlotte County Utilities/ Eastport WWTP | Port Charlotte | 9 | FL0040291 | Nov 2027 | — |
| 9 | Wastewater Treatment Facility | Sarasota | 6.08 | FL0040771 | Sep 2026 | 141 |
| 10 | Ecua - Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility | Pensacola | 6.01 | FL0031801 | Mar 2030 | 63 |
Contacts and project signals for every plant on this list
Klarifi adds verified decision-maker contacts, permit limits, discharge monitoring data and the capital projects planned in each city, filterable by technology, size and compliance record.
Other technologies in Florida
Nutrient removal in other states
Nutrient removal in Florida: questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026.
Wastewater terms: Biological nutrient removal · Tertiary treatment · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · Anaerobic digester · all terms