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The State of the Florida Water Industry Survey: Results Are In!
June 27, 2025
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The Florida Water Resource Journal and SediVision publish the results of the 2025 Florida Water Industry Survey, examining the present and future of water and wastewater in Florida.
Earlier this year, the Florida Water Resource Journal, partnering with SediVision®, a wastewater technology and engineering firm, launched the 2025 Florida Water Sector Survey. Although similar surveys have been conducted in the past with the support of the Florida Water Resources Journal, this year’s study marked the first time the Florida water industry had been polled in this way in several years.
If you participated in the survey, your response is sincerely appreciated. And if you missed out on the opportunity to make your opinions and thoughts heard, we sincerely hope you will plan now to be a part of the 2026 Florida Water Sector Survey, launching next spring. (Subscribe now to receive email reminders when the 2026 Survey is available.)
Hill Research, an independent, third-party research firm, conducted the survey1, collecting responses from April to June 2025. The survey was made available through publications in the Florida Water Resource Journal, the Wastewater Visibility News blog, direct email, and further promoted and made available through social media promotion. There were even opportunities to take the survey live during this year’s Florida Water Resources Conference, held this year in West Palm Beach.
Who Participated in the 2025 Florida Water Sector Survey
Nearly half of the survey participants had over twenty years of involvement in the Florida water sector.
Other characteristics included:
- 49% were involved in the Florida water sector for more than 20 years
- 9% were involved in the Florida water sector for less than 5 years
- 56% worked in operations or maintenance
- 20% worked in executive or management positions
Utility participants represented utilities of all sizes.
Key Findings of the Florida Water Industry Survey
- Only 10% of respondents believe their organization is fully ready to meet long-term water needs.
- Respondents see the water and wastewater sectors as being in “slightly less” worse shape 5 years from now than they are today.
- Multiple questions point to key concerns surrounding infrastructure and capital needs, staffing (including retention and training), meeting operating costs, and contaminants.
- Contaminants that most concern respondents are microplastics, PFAS, nutrients, and pathogens.
- Cybersecurity is recognized as important, but only 39% say their needs are fully funded and describe the threat as “critical.”
Over the next few weeks, Wastewater Visibility News will share more key facts revealed by the survey. We’ll dig deeper into what concerns survey respondents most and where they feel confident as they look toward the future for the Florida water and wastewater industry.
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- The resulting data collected is a non-probability sample, and no representations are made regarding the projection of the results herein to the entire Florida water industry sector. ↩︎
About the Florida Water Resources Journal
The Florida Water Resources Journal is owned by and is the official publication of three Florida associations:
- Florida Section/American Water Works Association
- Florida Water Environment Association
- Florida Water & Pollution Control Operators Association
The Florida Water Resources Journal contains information and topics concerning Florida’s more than 3,000 domestic and 1,500 industrial wastewater facilities, its 7,000 drinking water systems, and a myriad of wetlands and other surface water agencies. The fourth largest population in the U.S. with over 16 million people, Florida is the third fastest growing state and is continually adding, repairing and improving water and wastewater services. It is mailed on the first day of the month to all members of the sponsoring organizations, as well as to direct subscribers.
Published monthly, the Florida Water Resources Journal is a technical publication oriented toward water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, and stormwater control.
About SediVision®
The concept driving SediVision® technology took root in the work of U.S. Submergent Technologies, LLC (USST). USST is a submergent cleaning company established in 2011. The company provides sand, grit, and residual removal services from hard-to-reach material in wet environments, including tanks and large-diameter pipes. Through the experience of cleaning hundreds of wastewater tanks for utilities, the team at USST recognized a persistent issue for utility managers: the inability to accurately estimate accumulated tank material due to the lack of visibility within wastewater tanks.
The challenges of seeing into the turbid water in tanks left utility managers unable to plan or effectively allocate funds within wastewater budgets because they could not reliably assess conditions within the tanks. The development of SediVision® technology was a direct response to help solve challenges facing utility managers and operators.
Developed in 2018 and refined through 2021, the technology, now patent-pending and trademarked as SediVision®, provides complete visibility into wastewater tanks, delivering to treatment facilities critical information for accurately assessing system functionality and maintenance needs.
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