Improvements to Brevard’s wastewater treatment plant moved another step closer when a committee approved a recommendation for a three-phase approach to upgrade the city’s Wilson Road plant.

Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

In Collier County, 66% of wastewater is used for reclaimed water, and 98% of reclaimed water is used for landscape irrigation ...