The City of St. Petersburg is moving forward with a multi-million-dollar overhaul of its only drinking water facility, aiming to modernize the nearly century-old Cosme Water Treatment Plant and safeguard service for more than 300,000 residents.

Wednesday night, the city hosted a meeting to tell the public about the improvements to the plants aging infrastructure. The plant was initially built back in 1930.

The upgrades include constructing a new building to house operations and controls, installing new emergency backup generators, replacing the existing pump station with a new high-service pump station, and building a new water blending facility.

This is a major upgrade to the facility. Its going to improve the pumping capacity and efficiency of the plant, improve the electronic control

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