Location: West Lake, Florida
Client: Seminole Improvement District
Market: Development District
Our engagement with SID, a 7,000-acre FL master community, began in 2021. The project evolved from installing a supplemental canal water pump station to adding a backup system and ultimately designing Hoover's largest modular system (quintuple 75-hp) to feed a new 2M-gallon water tank.
SID faced critical challenges due to inconsistent reclaimed water supply. FPL often took precedence in water allocation, leaving SID short. To meet the demand of the rapidly developing 7,000-acre community, the existing infrastructure required significant expansion to guarantee reliable water volume.
Hoover planned a supplemental pump station to draw and filter canal water, ensuring the existing tank stayed full. The plan soon expanded to designing a sustainable, powerful solution: a quintuple 75-hp centrifugal system (5,500 GPM+) integrated with the new 2M-gallon tank, plus a triple 50-hp backup system.
The plan unfolded in three phases starting in 2021. Phase 1 installed the supplemental canal system. Phase 2 (May 2022) added a triple 50-hp backup. Phase 3 (Aug 2023) installed Hoover’s largest system (quintuple 75-hp) to serve the new 2M-gallon tank, becoming operational in March 2024 to provide all irrigation water.
SID achieved a highly reliable, consistent water supply, independent of reclaimed water issues and FPL demands. The system now provides 100% of irrigation water. The new powerful pump station is built for the future, enabling SID to fully serve the projected 10,000 residents of the growing community .
The Seminole Improvement District (SID) is a significant client for Hoover, being a large Minto-led property located in West Lake, Florida, outside of Palm Beach Gardens. Spanning 7,000 acres, SID is a master-planned community, effectively a "mini-city" expected to house 10,000 residents at completion. Before Hoover’s involvement, the district relied on an original system that included an approximately 1 million-gallon tank primarily fed by reclaimed water from the West Palm Utility.
Hoover’s engagement with the Seminole Improvement District commenced in spring 2021.
Initiated by the District Engineer's referral, the project evolved through several key phases. To begin with, Hoover designed and installed a high-volume, low-pressure pump station to serve as a supplemental water source, drawing and filtering canal water to send to the client's existing tank.
This was followed by the installation of a triple 50-horsepower backup system in May 2022.
The project soon expanded with the installation of a quintuple 75-horsepower centrifugal pump station in August 2023—Hoover’s largest modular system so far — after the client decided to build a new 2 million-gallon water tank to support the growing population’s needs for the future.
This major system became operational in March 2024 and now provides every drop of irrigation water for the entire 7,000-acre project.
SID faced critical challenges related to water availability and reliability from their reclaimed water supply.
A major hurdle was supply competition, as Florida Power and Light (FPL) was a primary customer for reclaimed water from West Palm Utility, often taking precedence in water allocation and leaving SID with inconsistent supply.
It was never in doubt that the project would never be without water - SID's existing infrastructure included a one million-gallon tank and the ability to augment water supplies from the various canals. However, the infrastructure would require expansion to guarantee the consistency and volume of supply that a rapidly developing 7,000-acre development project for 10,000 people demands.
Hoover proposed a solution for the most immediate requirement - the design and installation of a supplemental system, a high-volume, low-pressure pump station capable of drawing, filtering, and supplying water directly from a canal to the client's existing tank. This would provide crucial augmentation while reclaimed water remained inconsistent and sometimes unavailable.
From the initial project - essentially to keep the water tank full with a regular supply of water - within a year, the project had expanded to a more sustainable solution with vastly increased capacity, involving the design and installation of a quintuple 75-horsepower centrifugal pump station.
This powerful system, capable of over 5,500 gallons per minute, was integrated with the client's new 2 million-gallon tank, ensuring sufficient capacity for the entire 7,000-acre project's irrigation needs. A triple 50-horsepower backup system was also installed to serve a two-fold purpose: supporting the back half of the property to handle growth, and overcome any infrastructure limitations; effectively future-proofing the site's further development.
Our client's decision to embrace Hoover’s centrifugal design, departing from conventional builds, underscores the trust we built with them, based solidly on our proven performance and pump station design capabilities.
The process began in spring 2021 with face-to-face meetings to thoroughly understand the client's immediate challenges and the implementation unfolded in three phases.
The installation of the largest system under Phase 3 activities finished in August 2023, following the completion of the new tank and connecting pipelines. It became operational in March 2024. Upon commissioning, this major system immediately assumed the responsibility of providing every drop of irrigation water for the entire project.
The Seminole Improvement District now benefits from a highly reliable and consistent water supply for irrigation, effectively independent of reclaimed water availability and FPL's demands.
The main system currently provides 100% of the irrigation water for the entire 7,000-acre development.
The installed system is a true 'workhorse,' and processed an impressive 1.2 billion gallons of water in its first 18 months of service. Designed for the ultimate capacity of the entire community (which is still years from completion), the system is already demonstrating its necessity by routinely handling periods of high flow demand. This new infrastructure significantly reduces operational headaches for the utility team, allowing them to concentrate on other critical tasks for the developing master community. SID's initial trust in our expertise blossomed into a willingness to invest heavily in the larger system and entrust that to us, confirming their satisfaction with our professionalism and capabilities.
This successful collaboration signifies a long-term partnership for ongoing maintenance and future system needs. Ultimately, the irrigation system is designed for future capacity; in effect, operating with the same importance as a vital water plant. It is now capable of effectively and efficiently serving the projected 10,000 residents and commercial businesses in this growing Improvement District.
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