Editing Cocoa, Florida (section)

===Water===
[[File:Cocoa water tower night.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Updated livery of the Cocoa water tower at night, as seen from [[US Route 1]].]]

Since 1957, Cocoa has supplied the communities of central Brevard County with potable water. Cocoa made major investments in the water supply and treatment facilities needed to produce a sub-regional water system.

In 2017, Cocoa provided an average of {{convert|23000000|USgal}} of water daily to over 80,000 customers (250,000 people)<ref>{{Cite news | first=Jim | last=Waymer | title=How the system came undone | url=http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/21/cocoa-water-how-system-came-undone/681946001/| newspaper=Florida Today | location=Melbourne, Florida| pages= 8A | date=October 22, 2017 | access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cocoa-2017" /> in Cocoa, Rockledge, Port St. John, Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Suntree/Viera, Patrick Air Force Base, Kennedy Space Center and Port Canaveral.

Cocoa's water system includes the wellfield and raw water collection system, Wewahootee Water Treatment Plant, transmission mains, and the Dyal Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Cocoa's drinking water sources include the Floridian Aquifer, Intermediate Aquifer, Taylor Creek Reservoir, and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) wells. All of these facilities are located in east Orange County. A distribution system and storage pumping facilities are located in Brevard County.
[[File:Cocoa-Watertower.jpg|thumb|right|Cocoa water tower in 2009, with the original bicentennial paint scheme.]]
The Dyal WTP processes about nine billion gallons per year, with peak flows reaching 38 million gallons per day (mgd) during the summer. Daily flows average 25 mgd. The Dyal WTP is unusual for Central Florida because it is capable of treating both ground and surface water.

The flag was originally painted on the water tower free of charge by a Greek immigrant. He wanted to decorate the tower in time for the [[United States Bicentennial]] celebration in 1976.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Salisbury|date=1986-05-18|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1986/05/18/whats-the-answer-102/|title=What's The Answer?|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=2015-10-16|archive-date=2015-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022054630/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-05-18/news/0220260268_1_water-tower-cocoa-american-flag|url-status=live}}</ref>  In 2014, the city refurbished and repainted the tower with the iconic American flags. 
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