The City of Palm Coast is asking residents to limit water usage after receiving an unprecedented 7-10 inches of rain over the past five days. This heavy rainfall has caused our wastewater plants to process an additional 6 million gallons of water in a single day—equivalent to 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The system is under significant pressure, with 23 lift stations nearing capacity, especially in areas south of Palm Coast Parkway.
To manage the situation, the City has deployed 11 pumper trucks, operating around the clock to pump out lift stations and prevent backups. However, the system is struggling to keep up with the amount of rainwater.
If a power outage occurs, please reduce your water usage as much as possible. Without power, the pumps in our wastewater system won’t function, which can lead to overflows.
City crews are working nonstop on the ground in affected areas to keep the wastewater system running smoothly, and your help is crucial in preventing potential issues.
The city will provide updates as the situation develops. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
If you experience an issue, please report it through Palm Coast Connect: PalmCoast.gov/Connect.
RocksNoSalt says
The current infrastructure system cannot handle the water situation, yet they are still allowing massive development. When will the water problems be addressed. The water bill is outrageous, yet I can’t drink my water as it is yellow and rain causes the system not to work properly? This is Florida, we get massive amounts of rain! The City and County have failed us!
Ann Williams says
We here in Flagler County are in serious trouble. If our county/city have waste water treatment plants that can not handle 5-7 inches of rain; think about what happens if we have a hurricane dump 10 or more inches of rain on this area. Yet, Flagler County and the City of Palm Coast have allowed unmitigated land development to take place precently and into the future. Our local county and city officials are failing this community miserably. They are actually putting us in grave danger if a major weather system dumps heavy amounts of rain on us. There is absolutely no intelligent planning going on to protect our community; actually there is no planning on many levels. Our roads are showing gridlock at rush hour; think of what is coming as this approved land development occurs.
T says
Fix palm coast before destroying it with building they have ruined palm coast.