Winter Springs water investigation moves forward

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August 25, 2021
A large pipe emerging from the ground is part of Winter Springs' current wastewater treatment system. A new state law could inject funding for major, local projects, such as this wastewater treatment system. future vision
A new state law could inject funding for major, local infrastructure improvements, such as Winter Springs’ plans for a new wastewater treatment system. Photo by Isaac Babcock.

The City of Winter Springs is preparing to issue subpoenas of 11 former city commissioners, city staff and engineering consultants to find out what went wrong on a $3.5 million reusable water plant on Lake Jesup that has caused it to rarely be operable.

The Commission voted unanimously Aug. 9 to move forward with issuing subpoenas.
“We’ve got to figure out what all took place so that we can make sure it never happens again, and fix processes,” Commissioner Kevin Cannon said.

The Commission, city staff and City Attorney Anthony Garganese are preparing a meeting on Sept. 20 to officially launch the investigation into who knew what about the crippled water plant that was built in 2013 and was expected to deliver 1 million gallons of irrigation water per day to the city.

 

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Isaac Benjamin Babcock

Isaac creates editorial plans, working closely with the community to identify issues that affect people’s everyday lives. He is OCN’s resident photojournalist.

He is a longtime local journalist and former managing editor of the Seminole Voice. His work has been featured in Golfweek magazine, the New York Times and Jalopnik. He has won more than a dozen Florida Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists awards and contributed to award-winning, in-depth work for the NPR member station 90.7 WMFE.

Isaac holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson School of Communication and Media, and may be best known for his many roles in the annual Oviedo Cemetery Tour. He enjoys hiking, running, sailing, motorcycling, modifying cars, inventing things, baking and going on adventures into forests and up snowy mountains with his family.

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