Polk County plans a water storage and interconnect facility near Del Webb

Polk County wants to build a potable water facility on roughly 9.91 acres east of Holly Hill Road and Sugarwood Street, west of Del Webb Boulevard and Castellon Court, north of Forest Lake Drive — an area north of Haines City and Davenport. County records describe it as a future potable water storage and interconnect facility, part of the regional PRWC (Polk Regional Water Cooperative) receiving system.

Two approvals moved the project forward. The Board of County Commissioners adopted a Land Development Code subdistrict map change from Institutional-1X (INST-1X) to Institutional-2X (INST-2X) on May 5, 2026. A day later, the Planning Commission approved a conditional use for a Class III Utility covering potable water production, treatment, storage and distribution, including a 1.25-million-gallon ground storage tank.

The applicant is Polk County itself — Facilities Management on the district change, and Polk County Utilities on the conditional use. At both hearings staff reported mailers to area property owners and no response from the public.