eating, drinking, bathing, and toilet, and as the population increases, so 

 must wastewater and its treatment (Florida Department oiF Environmental Regula- 

 tion 1981). 



COUNTY INVENTORY 



In 1979, there were 3,704 domestic sewage treatment plants in Florida, 

 but only 140 were in the seven counties of Northwest Florida (Florida Depart- 

 ment of Environmental Regulation 1981). About 60% of the domestic sewage dis- 

 chargers were located in Bay and Escambia Counties. 



This section of the report discusses the status of sewage discharge for 

 each county and treatment capacity needs through the year 2000. The informa- 

 tion in the following county by county analysis was obtained from a computer 

 print out provided by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation for 

 October 1979. 



Bay County 



The municipalities of Panama City and Panama City Beach have the largest 

 capacities for treating domestic sewage in Bay County. The Panama City facil- 

 ity has a design flow of 2.00 million gallons per day (mgal/d) and an average 

 daily flow of 1.92 mgal/d. Panama City Beach also has a design flow of 2.00 

 mgal/d, but it has an average daily flow of only 0.84 mgal/d. The municipal- 

 ity of Lynn Haven has design flow of 0.70 mgal/d and, like Panama City, has an 

 average daily flow very close to its design opacity (0.71 mgal/d). The re- 

 mainder of the domestic sources have considerably smaller design capacities 

 and consist mostly of subdivisions, mobile home parks, and schools. There are 

 45 domestic sources of sewage listed in Bay County, and most of the sewage 

 from these systems flow into North Bay and then into St. Andrews Bay. 



Escambia County 



The domestic sewage system with the greatest design flow in the entire 

 region is that operated by the City of Penscola at its main sewage treatment 

 plant. It has a design flow of 9.00 mgal/d; however, its average daily flow 

 of 9.92 mgal/d, is clearly overloading. Only two other systems in the county 

 have an average daily flow greater than their design flow. (One of these is 

 operated by the City of Century and the other is a private development called 

 Avondale.) Of the 40 domestic systems in the county, 6 are municipal systems, 

 13 are county, 19 are private, and 2 are State systems. The six largest 

 domestic wastewater systems are all municipal or county systems, except for 

 the State system at the University of West Florida. Because of the size of 

 the main Pensacola treatment plant, the greatest drainage in the county is 

 outfall from this plant into Pensacola Bay. 



Franklin County 



Franklin County has nine domestic sewage systems. Four are municipally 

 operated, four are private, and one is at the St. George Island State Park. 

 The largest system, run by the City of Apalachicola, has an average daily flow 

 of 0.05 mgal/d, which is far short of its design capacity of 0.40 mgal/d. The 



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