Tampa Electric (TECO) serves about 2,000 square miles in West Central Florida including nearly 1 million customers. In March 2023, TECO asked Lakeland Septic to inspect the existing septic system at its newly acquired Mulberry, Florida, location.
“There was an existing system onsite from the previous occupants, but after we inspected the system, we determined it would not be sufficient for what TECO was trying to do,” says Josh Williams, owner of Lakeland Septic Company. “There were several control panels that were in rough shape. The drainfield and existing tanks that were there didn’t meet the code for what Tampa Electric
