MOSSY HEAD FLORIDA (JUST EAST OF CRESTVIEW) WASTEWATER PLANT MOVES FORWARD

As reported, this Wastewater Plant is essential to the growth of this area. Specifically, the new Golf Course Community, which is almost completed. The easy access to Eglin AFB and other ranges on Eglin AFB Reservation makes this area a prime area for growth, especially the growth associates with the Army's 7th Special Forces Group.


Mossy Head wastewater plant moves forward (with DOCUMENT)
Kimberly White
2009-09-25 16:56:56
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — If all goes well, a long-awaited wastewater treatment plant will be up and running in Mossy Head in a little more than a year.
Walton County commissioners earlier this week directed Polyengineering of Dothan, Ala., to send its application for a construction permit to the state Department of Environmental Protection.
The plant is expected to cost about $3 million and initially treat about 250,000 gallons of sewage per day, Commissioner Larry Jones said.
Glenn Stephens, Polyengineering’s vice president, said the plant will treat wastewater from residential neighborhoods and the 240-acre Mossy Head Industrial Park.
That park has yet to be developed. However, Stephens said county officials have told him that at least five businesses have expressed interest in locating at the park but have held off until there was a way to treat their wastewater.
While the construction permit heads to Tallahassee, Polyengineering and the county are working to apply for a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“We don’t know what percent will be loaned,” Stephen said. “The USDA will determine that.”
Jones said county officials will have to wait “to see what (the USDA’s) position is and move on from there if other (funding) sources are needed.”
County grants coordinator Angie Biddle was not immediately available for comment.