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Industrial Uses of Reclaimed Water

GRU South Energy Center

The GRU South Energy Center provides all of the energy needs of the Shands at the University of Florida Cancer Hospital and:

• Uses reclaimed water in its cooling towers
• Is a highly efficient “combined heat and power” system fueled by natural gas
• Provides up to 4.2 megawatts of electricity, chilled water for air conditioning and steam for heating

The GRU South Energy Center is the first campus-hospital energy center east of the Mississippi and only the second of its kind in the nation.