2006 Annual Report
Bonita Springs Utilities

2006 YEAR IN REVIEW

At the end of 2006, construction was wrapping up on BSU’s second wastewater treatment plant, and employees were being trained for its operation. The East Water Reclamation Facility, located on a 165-acre site east of I-75, is designed to process 4 million gallons of wastewater a day and can be expanded to a daily capacity of 8 million gallons.
During 2006, BSU installed an additional 3,678 backflow-prevention devices on business and residential water-service lines. The work, done at no charge to our member-customers, prevents possible contamination from water flowing backward through water meters into BSU water mains when water pressure drops from a water main break, another user taps into a private water line or a large fire is being fought.
Spring Creek Elementary School fourth grader Carla Garcia’s artwork was selected for BSU’s Water Conservation Calendar for the fifth consecutive year. More than 250 works were submitted for the sixth edition of the calendar, which encourages member-customers to use water wisely all year long. The idea for the calendar originated from a group of the utility’s member-customers who now serve as judges in selecting the illustrations. This year’s judges were Bonita Springs residents Darren Boole, Don Keylon, Ken Shivel, David Smith and Shirley Thompson.


Carla Garcia, whose artwork has been featured in each BSU calendar since 2003, landed the cover position for the 2007 calendar.

The works of the following students are featured in Bonita Springs Utilities 2007 Water Conservation Calendar: (front row, standing, left to right):
Carla Garcia, Amanda Canning, Auria Nicole Malachowski, Matias Maldonado, Aubrey Walker, Emily Gruver, Rachel Cepeda, Luobau Ying and Kaydi Baker.
Standing in the back row are BSU Board Members David McKee, Steve McIntosh, Paul Attwood, Bob McGrath, Bob Bachman, Frank Liles Jr., John Mathes with Executive Director Fred partin and Board Member Marc Ciaffone.

BSU’s East Water Reclamation Facility, scheduled to open during spring 2007, will use membrane-bioreactor technology to reclaim wastewater and produce effluent used for irrigation. Biosolids will be converted into pellets, which can be used as fertilizer. The facility is linked to BSU’s existing wastewater plant, providing an effective backup system.