ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The city of St. Petersburg has begun installing flood panels on buildings at the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility, which will help keep the sewer plant operating during hurricanes, according to Public Works Administrator Claude Tankersley.
“This is a very big upgrade,” he said. “We are at the point now that if we were to receive a Helene storm, we would not have to shut down this plant.”
The NE plant was taken offline last year for the first time during Hurricane Helene and then again with Milton. Since that time, St. Pete has been working to harden the plant by elevating some equipment and installing flood panels on low-lying buildings…