坦帕湾水务公司是一家位于佛罗里达州西南部的地区性批发水务公司。 根据地区间协议，该机构有义务提供饮用水 供应给六个地方政府，包括:圣彼得堡市、坦帕市、， 新里奇港市、希尔斯堡县、帕斯科县和皮内拉斯县。 历史上，这个三县地区几乎完全依赖地下水饮用 水的用途。这种依赖，再加上周期性的严重干旱条件和 扩大区域人口，对当地环境造成不利影响 地表水特征（湖泊和湿地）。为了恢复环境，坦帕 Bay Water同意减少地下水抽水并开发替代水 消息来源。佛罗里达州立法要求使用“本地来源优先”，以及 认为海水淡化是满足这一法定期望的一种手段。 坦帕湾水务公司开发的替代水源包括地表水 处理厂、15 BG蓄水池和脱盐设施。预计 海水淡化设施将“基本负荷”区域供水，并提供“抗旱性” 25毫克的饮用水。由于该系统的地理范围和 随着当地需求的变化，某一特定地区可能接收到的混合水在不同的地区也会有所不同 淡化水、地下水和处理过的地表水的相对比例。这个 不同的混合液将导致不同的水质，无论是历史的 地下水水质图片和新水源的可用性。包括数字。

Tampa Bay Water is a regional wholesale water utility located in southwest Florida. Created by interlocal agreement, the agency is obligated to provide drinking water supplies to six local governments which include: City of St. Petersburg, City of Tampa, City of New Port Richey, Hillsborough County, Pasco County and Pinellas County. Historically, this three county region relied almost entirely on groundwater for drinking water purposes. This reliance, coupled with cyclical, severe drought conditions and an expanding regional population, resulted in adverse environmental impacts to local surficial water features (lakes and wetlands). In order to restore the environment, Tampa Bay Water agreed to decrease groundwater pumping and develop alternative water sources. The State of Florida legislatively requires the use of "local sources first", and considers desalination a means of meeting this statutory expectation. The alternative supplies developed by Tampa Bay Water include a surface water treatment plant, a 15 BG reservoir and a desalination facility. It is expected that the desalination facility will "base load" the regional water supply and provide a "droughtproof" 25 MGD of drinking water. Because of the geographic expanse of the system and varying local demands, the blend of water that a particular area might receive will vary in the relative proportions of desalinated water, groundwater and treated surface water. The varying blends will result in varying water quality both with respect to the historical groundwater picture of quality and the availability of the new water sources. Includes figures.