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This is one area within the Lake Worth Water Treatment Plant, located on at 301 College Street in Lake Worth Beach.

Lake Worth Beach plans to use infrastructure bill dollars to fund water quality improvements

Wilkine Brutus

Officials in Lake Worth Beach share the details on how the city wants to spend its share of money from the bipartisan federal infrastructure bill.

U.S. Coast Guard vessels in Key West, Fla. Most of their resources in Key West are devoted to interdicting Cuban migrants. Cubans are trying to reach the U.S. in larger numbers, concerned that preferential treatment will disappear as the two countries normalize relations.

WPB Water Advisory Lifted, Healing After Gun Violence, And Rise In Migrants Off South Florida Coast

Andrea Perdomo

The week-long water advisory has been lifted in the city of West Palm Beach and surrounding areas, addressing community gun violence and healing trauma, and the rise of migrants being intercepted by the Coast Guard.

Nikki Fried Runs For Governor, Florida’s New Budget, And Cleaning Water Using Cacti

Chris Remington

Florida's only statewide elected Democrat is running for governor. The state's largest budget ever was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Who are the winners and losers? Plus, how to clean water using a cactus.

Water for flushing toilets was being distributed at seven sites in Mississippi's capital city — more than 10 days after winter storms wreaked havoc on the city's water system because the system is still struggling to maintain consistent water pressure, authorities said.

Like 'Peanut Brittle': Mississippi Water Crisis Highlights Infrastructure Problems

Jaclyn Diaz

The water outages in Jackson, Miss., began Feb. 15 as a winter storm swept across the state. An untold number of residents are still without clean water weeks later.

Another Water Main Break, Another Boil Order In Fort Lauderdale

A water main break in Rio Vista forced city officials to send out a boil-water order to nearby properties on Sunday — one of four issued in neighborhoods…

Heard On Sundial: Grand Bahama's Water Quality, Picasso's Grandson & Sundial Book Club

On this Tuesday, March 10, episode of Sundial:Grand Bahama’s Water Quality Six months after Hurricane Dorian, the only fresh drinking water available in…

Pipe Breaks Still Haunting Fort Lauderdale. This Time It’s A Water Main.

Residents in two Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods are being told to boil their tap water after yet another pipe break.It’s the latest one to haunt Fort…

Broken Water Main Brings Flooding And Boil Water Notice To Victoria Park

Crews in Fort Lauderdale are working to repair a pipe break for the seventh time in the last month — but at least this time it isn’t sewage flooding the…

Rio Vista Sewage Leak Stopped; Work Continues At Himmarshee Canal

Residents of the Rio Vista neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale woke up Wednesday to a much-anticipated holiday gift: The leak that has been pouring thousands…

‘Our Living Room Is Underwater,’ Says Spilled-Sewage Victim Weary Of Rain

First it was raw sewage threatening the homes of Rio Vista, a neighborhood still recovering from a series of sewer line breaks. Now it’s flooding from an…

Another Sewer Main Break In Rio Vista Neighborhood

The plague of sewer main breaks in Fort Lauderdale continued Friday with word of another break in the Rio Vista neighborhood.Shortly after 5 a.m. the city…

Keys Water Utility Looks To Replace Aging Desal Plant

Nancy Klingener

The Keys get freshwater from the mainland — it's pumped in Florida City and sent down a pipeline all the way to Key West. In an emergency, they can make…