Sanitary Sewer & Stormwater Infrastructure Services in Palm Bay

Palm Bay is the largest city in Brevard County by both area and population, stretching from the Indian River Lagoon at Turkey Creek west past Interstate 95 into large tracts of developing land. Much of the city was platted by the General Development Corporation in the 1960s and 1970s, creating an extensive grid of residential lots and drainage canals.

Palm Bay Utilities provides water and sanitary sewer service within its service area, and the city's Public Works department maintains roads and the stormwater system, including a large network of canals and ditches. A significant share of the city's homes were built on septic systems, and septic to sewer conversion has been a recurring planning issue tied to Indian River Lagoon water quality.

Palm Bay's drainage depends heavily on its canal and culvert network, which moves water toward Turkey Creek, the St. Johns River basin, and the lagoon. Culverts under the city's many residential streets can collect sediment and vegetation, and older corrugated metal pipe is prone to corrosion. Ongoing growth in the southwest part of the city adds new collection, lift station, and stormwater assets that require inspection at acceptance.

For Palm Bay, Southeast Services is most relevant for culvert and canal cross drain cleaning, CCTV inspection of storm pipe and new sewer construction, trenchless rehabilitation of corroded culverts beneath roads, lift station and wet well cleaning, and vacuum excavation for utility locates on expanding corridors. Condition assessment supports capital planning on a very large drainage network.

Commercial corridors along Malabar Road, Palm Bay Road, and Babcock Street also include private storm systems, retention ponds, and lift stations owned by businesses and associations.