Utilities Director Poonam Kalkat praised the quick work to fix and clean up the leak at the east end of Boynton Beach Boulevard. But the state is investigating the leak and could penalize the city. Tao Woolfe/The Coastal Star
By Tao Woolfe
The corros
By Jane Smith
A former Delray Beach water quality inspector, who was reorganized out of her job in January, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, the city manager and the Utilities Department director.
Christine Ferrigan, who received Florida
By Jane Smith
A former Delray Beach water quality inspector filed a federal complaint against the city on April 18, claiming she was wrongfully dismissed for pointing out problems with the city’s beleaguered reclaimed water program.
Christine Ferrig
By Jane Smith
When Delray Beach reorganized its Utilities Department in late January, it abruptly ended the employment of an industrial pretreatment inspector.
“It was done for efficiency and austerity reasons,” City Manager Terrence Moore said on J
By Jane Smith
After a failed legal maneuver to water down the strength of its public notice, the city of Delray Beach admitted on Dec. 3 that its Utilities Department had failed to inform the public for about 12 years that drinking water might be uns
City may incur more fines if terms aren’t met
Letter to the Editor: City manager promises ‘brighter’ future for Delray water customers
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach must meet three years of deadlines along with paying a record $1 million civil fine and
On Nov. 9, the Delray Beach City Commission voted unanimously to approve a consent order with the Florida Department of Health Palm Beach County. Over the past 20 months, a lot has been accomplished to bring the city’s reclaimed water cross-connectio
By Jane Smith
Negotiations are back on between the Florida Department of Health and Delray Beach over violations in the city’s reclaimed water program.
“A few weeks ago, the City of Delray Beach reached out to the Department of Health to try and settl
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach may have to pay slightly more than $1.8 million for health violations in its reclaimed water program.
The violations go back to 2007, according to the proposed consent order from the Florida Department of Health Palm Beach
