State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Boca Raton, is tired of the protocol for testing for pollution in drinking water and beach water that calls for second or third positive tests before notifying the public.
“We can’t wait for second tests,” Gossett-Seidman said.
Riviera Beach tested a drinking sample and found fecal matter in drinking water in June 2023, and a subsequent test determined it was a false positive.
Rep. Gossett-Seidman said the public still should have been warned about that first test.
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“In the case of some examples I’ve seen throughout the state, days and weeks and months go by without letting the public know,” Gossett-Seidman said. “And that’s not right.”
Riviera Beach is not the only area community where people lost faith in the quality of their drinking water, at least temporarily.