FORT PIERCE — City and utility leaders marked a major milestone last week with a ribbon cutting for Fort Pierce’s new Mainland Water Reclamation and Reuse Facility, a project officials say has been more than two decades in the making.
The ceremony, held Jan. 9, celebrated the completion of the new treatment plant, which will ultimately replace the city’s aging waterfront facility on the Indian River Lagoon. While the new plant is finished, the broader project is still continuing.
Calvin Daniels, a public relations specialist with the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority, said the next phase focuses on reshaping how wastewater moves through the city…