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Helena Roth used to live in Parkland. Now she’s wondering why she ever left, after her downtown Fort Lauderdale neighborhood was issued a boil-water order nearly three weeks ago.
City officials say they're doing all they can to fix the city's aging pipes. But that's small comfort to the folks living day to day with the fallout from all the breaks.
A sewage spill at George English Park in Fort Lauderdale. The maxing-out, bulging-at-the-seams, gridlock you feel on the highway — is happening underground, too. Infrastructure across the state isn't measuring up to Florida's growing population. And that's not only happening in Fort Lauderdale. A year ago, the biggest sewage spill in Florida's history was unfolding along the scenic waterways of Fort Lauderdale. More than 211 million gallons spilled from 1970s-era pipes, flowing down streets, into lawns and, eventually, the city's scenic, postcard-ready canals. "There would be times I would...