Miami-Dade is a significant step closer to a state-mandated goal of re-using its wastewater, rather than pouring the partially treated stuff into the sea.
On Wednesday, the county and Florida Power & Light debuted the FPL Miami-Dade Clean Water Recovery Center, a brand-new facility designed to take a big chunk of the county’s wastewater, treat it and use it to cool off power-generation components at the Turkey Point plant.
County and FPL leaders touted the project as a win-win, a way to help the county meet its environmental goals and reduce the amount of water the utility draws from the aquifer…