Riviera Beach votes unanimously to terminate their utilities director

The Riviera Beach Utility District Board voted 4-0 July 17 to terminate Utilities Director Michael Low after issues regarding contaminated drinking water in the city.

City workers in Riviera Beach found water contaminated with fecal bacteria June 2023, in a test of one of the city's wells. They did not notify the public until January of this year.

WPTV has been navigating this issue since January when the problem was first made public. Since then, records have shown that city believed the tests were false positives and didn't use standard retesting methods and the federal Environmental Protection Agency found holes in well casings, leaking pumps and plants growing out of equipment in October 2023.

This is a developing story, check back at WPTV.com for updates.

Here are stories by our reporters uncovering the sanitation issues:

WPTV Investigates

Well tests positive for fecal bacteria; public not notified until 7 months later

Dave Bohman 5:45 PM, Jan 26, 2024

Riviera Beach

Riviera Beach concluded positive water test 'false positive,' emails show

Ethan Stein 1:19 AM, Feb 07, 2024

WPTV Investigates

How did fecal matter get into Riviera Beach water? Report provides clues

Jamie Ostroff 2:21 PM, Apr 30, 2024