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Gov. Ron DeSantis this week announced the opening of a $47 million seawater desalination plant in Monroe County that will provide emergency drinking water to residents of the Lower Keys.
The Kermit H. Lewin Stock Island Reverse Osmosis Facility, named for a longtime Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Board member, marks a major step forward in the region’s resilience planning.
It replaces a reverse osmosis plant damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017 and is built to withstand future storms.
“Since 2019,” DeSantis said, “we’ve committed over $80 million to water quality and infrastructure in the Florida Keys – with more to come.”
– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics, The South FL 100