Ocklawaha River s Rodman Dam a High Hazard Structure at Risk of Catastrophic Breach
Engineering study recommends removal of controversial dam or major tax expenditures to correct structural safety deficiencies
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OCALA, Fla., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha River should be reclassified as a high hazard structure based on a new independent civil engineering analysis of previously undisclosed government inspection reports.
The report released by the Florida Defenders of the Environment shows that the state Department of Environmental Protection has ignored a long list of structural weaknesses documented at the dam for more than five years, raising the risk of a dam breach that would threaten downstream communities, including hundreds of homes and other buildings valued at nearly $60 million.
Rodman dam is deteriorating, group says
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Ocklawaha River s Rodman Dam a High Hazard Structure at Risk of Catastrophic Breach
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FORT PIERCE Moving the wastewater treatment plant from Hutchinson Island to Glades Cut-Off Road could take six years, cost $156 million, create nearly 600 jobs and increase customers bills by over $2 a month, according to a plan unveiled Monday.
The Fort Pierce Utilities Authority wastewater treatment plant could be moved off the Indian River Lagoon, where it s been for 62 years, to the Treasure Coast Energy Center by 2027, according to a six-year plan that calls for construction to begin 2024.
FPUA would pay 70%, or $109 million, while St. Lucie County would pay 30%, or $47 million, said Bo Hutchinson, FPUA s director of water and wastewater systems.
To defray those costs, monthly bills could increase an estimated $2.42 for the county s 9,000 customers and $2.13 for FPUA s 15,000 customers over the next five years.
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Two Southwest Florida utilities said they use remote access in their computer systems at water treatment plants but have security measures in place to protect water supplies from events like what happened in Oldsmar last month.
Bonita Springs Utilities and Marco Island told the Daily News they have remote access to their computer systems, a vulnerability cited when the Oldsmar water plant was hacked. BSU has in place certain protocols that make an attack like Oldsmar less likely, BSU spokeswoman Jennifer Hamilton said in an email.
Hamilton said remote access for BSU is limited to approved vendors and staff access through secure firewall configurations.