Riviera Beach leaders took a major step last month to launch construction of a $400 million water plant and to shore up its faltering drinking water system.
Last year, the city was fined more than $1.2 million for violating Florida Department of Health water standards.
At an Aug. 20 meeting, City Council members serving as the Utility District Board approved spending:
- $28.4 million for the drilling of a deep-injection well to serve the new plant to be built at Blue Heron Boulevard and Avenue L.
- $4 million for New Port Richey-based consultant U.S. Water Services, which had been running the city’s 1958 water plant, to complete repairs and maintenance work.
“What the board did tonight was pretty monumental for this city,” Council Member Glen Spiritis said after the votes…