2018 WATER QUALITY REPORT
TOWN OF JUPITER UTILITIES
managing growth
while ensuring
reliability
In 1978, the Town of Jupiter purchased its water
system from Tri-Southern Utilities. At the time, the
system’s average daily flow was only 2.5 million
gallons per day, and it served a population of
approximately 15,000 people.
Using ground water combined from both the
Floridan and Surficial Aquifer wells, currently
the utility is capable of producing 30 million
gallons a day of drinking water, which is enough
to ultimately accommodate more than 120,000
people. Today, its service areas encompass over
45 square miles including Jupiter, Juno Beach and
many unincorporated areas of Palm Beach and
Martin Counties.
To ensure reliability of service, over 27 million
gallons of treated water storage is available and
nearly all facilities have back-up emergency power
generation to help weather nearly any emergency,
including hurricanes.
award winning service
Did you know that residents of Jupiter have some of
the best drinking water in the Southeast United States?
Jupiter Utilities was awarded the Safe Drinking Water Act
Excellence Award by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in 1999, 2001, 2008 and 2010.
This award proclaimed Jupiter as the top drinking water
plant in the entire southeast portion of the United States.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection
awarded Jupiter Utilities the Plant Operations Excellence
Award for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2016. From 2008
through 2010, as well as 2014, the Florida Section of
the American Water Works Association has deemed the
Jupiter Facility as the Best Class A Water Treatment Plant
relative to Excellence in Operation and Maintenance.
Most recently, Jupiter’s Water Utility won the American
Membrane Technology Association’s 2019 Membrane
Facility of the Year Award.
In fact, over the past three decades, Jupiter’s Water Utility
has been honored by more than 40 awards for excellence
by industry associations and the agencies that regulate
its operation.
To view a full list of awards, visit our website at
www.jupiter.fl.us/water