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Good Article, but the real question is what is going to be built and how is it going to be paid for.

S. Fla. stuck with $3 billion sewage bill
The state Legislature passed a measure that requires South Florida counties to halt the discharge of sewage into the sea, but the bill comes with a hefty price tag.

By LAURA FIGUEROA
lfigueroa@MiamiHerald.com

TALLAHASSEE –
South Florida counties must eventually stop pumping hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage every day into the ocean, under a bill the Legislature passed Wednesday that also sticks the counties with the $3 billion cost.

''It's the same old story: The state leaves the county with the big price tag,'' said Broward County Commissioner Ilene Lieberman, who has been monitoring the measure from Tallahassee.

The whole story:
http://www.miamiherald.com/top_stories/story/516483.html