Category: Water
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With tens of millions of dollars at stake, a Broward jury assigns blame for 2019 Fort Lauderdale water leak
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A jury Monday held a Wellington company liable for potentially millions of dollars in damages suffered by thousands of Broward businesses forced to shut down two years ago after workers cracked open a Fort Lauderdale water main. -
Pinecrest to use COVID relief millions to connect hundreds of properties to Miami-Dade water system
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Village of Pinecrest officials are ramming through an $11.4-million proposal that would connect roughly 700 properties that currently use water wells to the Miami-Dade water system. To pay for most of the project, the village council recently authorized using $7.5 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the federal government. Affected homeowners would pay the balance… -
America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison
By Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum
ProPublica
On Feb. 16, less than two weeks after a mysterious attacker made headlines around the world by hacking a water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, and nearly generating a mass poisoning, the city’s mayor declared victory.
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