Park Fountain accidentally hooked up to reclaim water

Talk about a water mix-up. On Wednesday morning, city workers discovered that a water fountain in Lakewood Terrace Park had been mistakenly hooked up to a reclaimed water line. The reclaimed water line was connected on Monday, by a city utility worker.

Despite the gross mix up, St Pete officials don't believe that anyone was harmed, citing the fact that,"The city's reclaimed water is disinfected. For months now we've had very favorable readings, very low bacteria, in our reclaimed water" said St. Petersburg's Internal Services Administrator, Mike Connors. Well that should prevent the onset of any panic ... or maybe not.

And to think the our local government have been been steadily cutting jobs. This would be one argument for the cessation of job cuts, as more oversight is necessary. People's health could potentially be at risk.