UV disinfection: wastewater treatment plants in Florida
10 plants · 2% of the state · 65 MGD combined
Klarifi identifies 10 publicly owned wastewater treatment plants with uv disinfection in Florida, 2% of the 449 plants in the state (65 MGD combined). The largest is Jea Buckman WWTP in Jacksonville at 21.38 MGD.
Ultraviolet disinfection destroys pathogens in the final effluent without chemicals or a chlorine residual. It has replaced chlorine at many plants since the 2000s and needs lamp, ballast and sleeve replacement on a fixed cycle, which keeps these plants in the market for UV suppliers.
The largest plants with UV disinfection in Florida
| # | Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | NPDES permit | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jea Buckman WWTP | Jacksonville | 21.38 | FL0026000 | Dec 2030 | 66 |
| 2 | Southwest District WWTF | Jacksonville | 11.38 | FL0026468 | Aug 2029 | 4 |
| 3 | Richard A Heyman WWTP -Key West | Key West | 10 | FLA147222 | Jan 2029 | — |
| 4 | Ecua - Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility | Pensacola | 6.01 | FL0031801 | Mar 2030 | 63 |
| 5 | Homestead, City Of | Homestead | 5 | FLA013609 | Aug 2030 | — |
| 6 | Blacks Ford WRF | Jacksonville | 4.93 | FL0174441 | Jun 2031 | 4 |
| 7 | Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant | St Augustine | 2.68 | FL0670651 | Dec 2026 | 70 |
| 8 | Nassau Regional WWTF | Yulee | 1.71 | FL0116793 | Jan 2031 | 247 |
| 9 | Palmetto WWTP | Palmetto | 1.17 | FL0020401 | Jun 2031 | 9 |
| 10 | North Key Largo WWTP | Key Largo | 0.5 | FLA015009 | Oct 2028 | — |
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
UV disinfection in other states
UV disinfection 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.
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