Tampa Bay Preparing for Future Needs Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface. Rivers flow endlessly. Heavy rainfall brings flooding regularly. Yet, even with these abundant water resources, drinking water from Florida's aquifer system continues to rapidly diminish.
Desalination provides a safe and practical solution to Florida's water concerns.
This process, which converts seawater into pure drinking water, is one of the most viable, cost-effective potable water alternatives. Big Bend Station is an Ideal Site Tampa Electric Company supports the development and efficient use of a desalination plant in Hillsborough County. The company has offered to lease an unused portion of its 1,100-acre Big Bend Station power plant site to two developers for a proposed desalination plant. Big Bend Station is an ideal location for a desalination plant. Based on the design proposals and studies to date, there will be no harmful effects on Tampa Bay's ecosystems from desalination.