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Crew members prep a section of pipe for installation. The new 48-inch force main is part of the North Miami Avenue Betterment Project.
Some utilities struggle to meet the conditions of a consent decree. Others use it as a baseline. The Miami-Dade (Florida) Water and Sewer Department took the $1.6 billion in improvements outlined in its consent decree and added nearly $12 billion in utilitywide...