The City of Riviera Beach (City) Utility Special District (USD) plans to develop a new Water Treatment Plant (WTP) that will be located at the old Public Works (PW) property located on Avenue L just south of Blue Heron Boulevard (site).  The existing site once held PW facilities, which have been demolished with only an operating vehicle fueling facility remaining.  The City recently acquired a 1.9-acre adjoining parcel of land that fronts Blue Heron Boulevard to create a combined parcel of 8.3 acres that may be used to locate the planned TP and multiple City departmental functions include:

1.      Utilities Special District;

2.      Public Works; and

3.      Other City departments/facilities, to be determined.

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) was conducted at the site in January 2020 to provide an initial assessment of environmental conditions. Several recognized environmental conditions (RECs) were identified in the Phase I ESA related to areas where there is a potential for subsurface contamination (i.e. existing and former underground storage tanks (USTs) and groundwater contamination migrating beneath the site from an offsite property (Solitron). A limited Phase II ESA was recommended around the identified RECs to enhance RBUSD’s understanding of baseline environmental conditions prior to initiating development activities at the Site.

To ensure environmental conditions are taken into account prior to design and construction of a new water treatment plant, BC is to conduct a limited Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment  at the former PW site.