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Water transportation is provided on the Intracoastal Waterway in the Indian River Lagoon. This <br />federally maintained water route traverses the length of the county. The nearest deepwater ports <br />are located at Ft. Pierce to the south and Port Canaveral to the north. <br />In Indian River County, rail service is provided by the Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC). The <br />FEC maintains single and double tracks just west of and parallel to US 1. The nearest FEC <br />freight yard is in Ft. Pierce. <br />Aviation, Ports, and Rail issues are also discussed in the Transportation Element. <br />Sanitary Sewer <br />Generally, wastewater is a service that has traditionally been supplied by local government. In <br />addition to the more technologically sophisticated and efficient central systems, traditional <br />methods of wastewater treatment, including septie--tankseptic systems, are still employed in <br />Indian River County. <br />The primary purpose of wastewater treatment is to remove solids and toxic chemicals from <br />wastewater and render organic wastes inert. After treatment, the resulting water product is then <br />reintroduced into the natural water cycle. <br />Presently, there are five publicly operated regional wastewater treatment plants operating in the <br />county. Four of those plants are operated by the Indian River County Utilities Department, while <br />the other plant is operated by the City of Vero Beach. There are also three privately -operated <br />package treatment plants in the county. <br />While the county operated plants provide a level of service of 250 gallons/residential unit/day, <br />the city operated plant provides a level of service of 197 gallons/residential unit/day. The <br />combined design capacity of the regional plants is 13;370,000 17,350,000 gallons/day, an, <br />amount sufficient to accommodate their combined average daily demand of-8� ,; 8,780,000 <br />gallons/day. <br />Currently, the service area of the regional system includes substantial portions of the urban area <br />of the county. As such, wastewater lines extend to much of the county's urban area, including <br />portions of all three of the commercial/industrial nodes along I-95. In 2006, the county utilities <br />department had -24-,2-50 28,167 sanitary sewer customers. <br />With respect to sept-ie4ankseptic systems, the Department of Health in Indian River County <br />(DOH -Indian Rlver)Publi , u,.akh Unit, Division. Health currently estimates <br />that there are apprud atel5­more than 36,039 septseptic s,, stems in, use in Indian River <br />County. While approximately -1,,"72-L21 new aseptic systems were installed in 20916 <br />in the county, that number has decreased significantly. in more recent years as the level of <br />residential construction has declined. <br />Future Land Use Element 63 <br />Appendix A <br />