Jacobs has been selected to deliver design-build services for the SR 207 water reclamation facility (WRF) in Florida, US. 

This development is said to be St Johns County’s largest capital improvement project to date. 

The facility will comply with Florida's Senate Bill 64, enacted in 2021, which mandates the statewide cessation of non-beneficial surface water discharges.

The state’s utilities are also required to implement plans to eliminate their surface water discharges by 1 January 2032.  

The project is being delivered through a design-build contract, with Jacobs being responsible for both the design and construction. 

The $191.8m WRF will be designed to treat 3.25 million gallons per day of wastewater.  

Planned to be scalable to 6.5 million gallons per day, the facility is intended to bolster the county's reclaimed water distribution system, providing additional resources for landscape irrigation.  

The project encompasses a set of improvements such as 14.4 miles of large-diameter pipeline, an off-site master lift pump station, and a reclaimed water booster pump station. 

Jacobs was initially hired by the county's Utilities Department in September 2022 to handle design and early construction activities.  

Jacobs Design-Build & Operations Management and Facilities Services vice-president and director Greg Fischer said: “As the client’s largest capital improvement project and one of the largest water design-build projects that Jacobs is delivering in the region, the SR 207 WRF underlines the benefits of collaborative delivery for major water infrastructure programmes. 

“By overlapping design, procurement and construction activities, we’re working with the county to expedite this important reclaimed water project and quickly meet their capacity needs.” 

Beyond regulatory adherence, the SR 207 WRF will enhance the county's wastewater system capacity to accommodate growth and alleviate pressure on the Anastasia Island WRF.  

This move will improve the facility's resilience to storm events and mitigate nutrient discharge into the Matanzas River, an ecologically sensitive area. 

Last December, Cork County Council appointed Jacobs as the technical adviser for the new M28 motorway in County Cork, the Republic of Ireland. 

The scope of Jacobs’ work involved consulting services throughout the project’s design, construction, and final stages of development.