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Bunnell’s water plant plan targets a pump house that floods in storms

Bunnell’s only water-treatment plant has a high-service pump house that floods during or just after significant storms. The city says the $8.36 million project would harden its potable-water system against hurricanes and other major events by moving critical pumps into an elevated replacement building.

The design calls for demolishing the current structure, installing new high-service pumps and yard piping, and adding HVAC. Bunnell submitted a notice of interest for federal BRIC funding and is researching other options; the project page lists no construction contract or start date.

Bunnell is expanding its wastewater plant as the city grows

Bunnell’s wastewater project is designed to rehabilitate the existing treatment plant and double its capacity, from 0.6 to 1.2 million gallons a day. The city lists an award and budget of $44,799,302, with federal, state, district, and revolving-fund support.

Bunnell’s latest capital-project page lists the job at 51% complete; a construction report breaks that into 46% physical completion and 51% of the budget spent. Basin work has passed its fill and pre-leak-test hold, and crews are moving to the operations building’s second-floor pour and roof. A portable restroom trailer could keep temporary facilities close as work shifts across the site. The city targets April 2027 for completion, so the added capacity is still ahead.

SMA Healthcare began building a central receiving facility in Bunnell

SMA Healthcare began construction on a Flagler County Central Receiving Facility in Bunnell with a November 18, 2025, groundbreaking. The planned 23,600-square-foot building sits beside the Vince Carter Sanctuary, bringing related county behavioral-health services onto one campus.

SMA lists 20 beds for intensive stabilization and 28 men’s residential beds, with completion estimated for November 2026. The new center is intended to receive people who need immediate behavioral-health support and provide a longer-term option for some men.

Bunnell broke ground on its brackish-water reverse-osmosis project

Bunnell broke ground July 16, 2026, on a $4.5 million reverse-osmosis project for water from brackish Wells 7 and 8. The city says the wells draw from the Upper Floridan Aquifer and are currently blended with water from a shallower source.

The planned treatment system is intended to reduce total dissolved solids and chlorides so the city can use the two wells more fully. Its scope includes a raw-water main, an RO skid and piping, valves and controls, and structural changes to house the equipment.

The city’s latest project page still lists permit reviews among the next steps and shows 13% complete. Its September 2026 target has passed, and Bunnell has not posted a revised finish date or said the system is producing water yet.

A contractor strike interrupted water pressure near East Moody Boulevard

Bunnell posted a water-interruption alert on October 5, 2026, after a contractor hit a city utility line near 4101 East Moody Boulevard, at the FCAR building. The city said crews were isolating the break and assessing damage.

The notice directed residents with questions to the Infrastructure Department but gave no estimated restoration time. Its title warned of a water interruption or loss of pressure, while the alert itself did not name affected streets.

Flagler County broke ground on Fire Station 50 in Bunnell

Flagler County held a groundbreaking for Fire Station 50 at 1600 Old Moody Boulevard in Bunnell on November 13, 2025. The approximately 19,000-square-foot building is planned to combine a fire-rescue station with county administration space, four apparatus bays, training rooms, and support areas.

The project budget was about $12.4 million, with a $10 million state appropriation and $2.4 million from the county capital-improvements budget. The county’s May agenda described the state grant, while its ceremony notice marked the start of construction.

A damaged water main led Bunnell to issue a precautionary boil notice

A contractor struck a Bunnell water main near South Booe and South Cherry streets on February 11, 2025. The city reported pressure and access problems around 2 p.m.; by 4 p.m., it had issued a precautionary boil-water notice for South Pine, South Cherry, South Moore, and East Booe.

The notice told affected households to boil water for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth, and washing dishes. The earlier city update described a citywide pressure issue before the notice narrowed the listed streets; crews were working on repairs, and no restoration time was given.

Bunnell approved a site plan for the delayed State Guard facility

Florida broke ground on a State Guard facility in Bunnell in 2024. FlaglerLive reported in January 2026 that the 62-acre site remained vacant and costs had risen more than $15 million over budget, with no finished building on the property.

In July, Bunnell’s planning board approved a site plan subject to conditions, including outstanding review fees. That local approval did not settle the state project’s cost or schedule; FlaglerLive still described the property as vacant.