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St. Pete buys an AquaFence as leaders work to shore up sewage facilities

The video of it keeping Tampa General Hospital out of floodwaters during Hurricane Helene "wowed" folks across the country, and now, St. Petersburg is getting their own AquaFence to protect a critical piece of wastewater infrastructure. It was an easy sell to St. Pete City Council members who on Thursday unanimously approved spending more than $600,000 to buy an AquaFence to be placed at Lift Station #85 near Albert Whitted Airport. “Like everyone else, I was very excited. We all saw the videos of Tampa General Hospital and was like, 'How can we get that?'” Council Member Lisset Hanewicz said. The roughly 500-foot-long and 9-foot-high barrier will protect the station from up to 15 feet of potential storm surge, allowing it to stay in operation during flooding events. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/loc...