Approximately 130,000 customers are served by West Palm Beach's water treatment plant. Officials expect that to increase by 25% in 30 years and by 35% in 50 years to about 175,800 people.
Toxic secret: Lawmakers want rules for little-known chemical in Seminole County tap water orlandosentinel.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from orlandosentinel.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two local lawmakers are announcing a bipartisan effort today to regulate a toxic industrial chemical that has tainted the drinking water of thousands of people in Seminole County for years and possibly decades. There are no mandatory limits or other drinking water regulations for the chemical, 1,4-dioxane, whose dangers were little discussed until a series of reports in the Orlando Sentinel .
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