Editing Lake Worth Beach, Florida (section)

===Utilities===

In contrast with many other localities in eastern Florida, who are usually served by [[Florida Power & Light]],<ref name="fpl">{{cite report|url=http://www.investor.nexteraenergy.com/~/media/Files/N/NEE-IR/investor-materials/shareholder-resources/2019%20NEE%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=NextEra Energy Annual Report 2019|date=December 31, 2019|publisher=NextEra Energy}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Lake Worth Beach operates its own electrical utility. Founded in 1914 as the "Lake Worth Water, Light, and Ice Company" to serve about 600&nbsp;residents,<ref name="old town"/>{{rp|15}} Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility has approximately 27,000&nbsp;customers as of 2019. This also includes about 7,200&nbsp;customers in [[Palm Springs, Florida|Palm Springs]] and some adjacent unincorporated areas of Palm Beach County.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190826/layoffs-loom-as-lake-worth-beach-struggles-with-electric-utility-issues|title=Layoffs loom as Lake Worth Beach struggles with electric utility issues|author=Bailey LeFever|date=August 26, 2019|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828065157/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20190826/layoffs-loom-as-lake-worth-beach-struggles-with-electric-utility-issues|archivedate=August 28, 2019|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> In an effort to reduce [[greenhouse gas emissions]], the city purchased and began operating a solar farm in 2017, becoming the first municipality in Florida to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-solar-0301-20170228-story.html|author=Jan Engoren|title=Lake Worth's solar energy project unveiled|date=February 28, 2017|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref> By May&nbsp;2021, more than 38% of power generated by Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility originated from solar energy. Citizen Owned Energy forecasts that greenhouse gas emissions generated by the Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility will decrease to less than half of its 2005 levels by 2024.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://citizenownedenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NEWSLETTER_1_MAY_2021_Fact_sheet_COE.pdf|date=May 2021|title=Fact Sheet|publisher=Citizen Owned Energy, Lake Worth Beach Electric Utility|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref>

The Lake Worth Beach Water Utilities Department is responsible for providing residents with drinking water and the collection of wastewater and stormwater. Drinking water originates at a water treatment plant and is distributed via about {{convert|168|mi|km|abbr=on}} of pipelines across the city. Lake Worth Beach owns and operates 33&nbsp;pump stations, along with roughly {{convert|125|mi|km|abbr=on}} of gravity and pressure pipes. Additionally, the city owns and maintains a master pump station, which also collects wastewater from Atlantis, [[Lake Clarke Shores, Florida|Lake Clarke Shores]], [[Manalapan, Florida|Manalapan]], [[Palm Beach State College]], [[South Palm Beach, Florida|South Palm Beach]], and Palm Spring. This wastewater is then sent to the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility for treatment. Stormwater is collected via 46&nbsp;[[outfall]]s, which drain into the Lake Worth Lagoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/utilities/|title=Utilities|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 26, 2021}}</ref>