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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A former Delray Beach employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, claiming she was harassed and terminated for disclosing alleged contamination of the city's drinking water.
According to the lawsuit, the city terminated wastewater inspector Christine Ferrigan in January, claiming "reorganization" although her position had been approved and funded.
The lawsuit contends the city terminated Ferrigan following a series of public health-related disclosures she made to her management and other state and city officials about alleged contamination of Delray Beach's drinking water.
The suit also claims city officials terminated her in part to prevent her from disclosing information about the utility department's handling of cross connection and drinking water contamination issues to oversight agencies.
Ferrigan's previous disclosures about backflow and other alleged contamination problems in the city resulted in a consent order and $1 million fine last year from the Florida Department of Health.
As Contact 5 previously reported, the consent order accused the city of nine violations surrounding its reclaimed water program including claims that the city submitted false statements, failed to conduct inspections and failed to implement a cross-connection control program, which is meant to prevent contamination into drinking water.
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