Delray Beach wastewater inspector who faced retaliation after blowing whistle files lawsuit with OSHA seeking relief
Boca Raton, FL – A former Delray Beach wastewater inspector filed a lawsuit against the City of Delray Beach after she was fired for blowing the whistle on ongoing drinking water contamination.
Christine Ferrigan, a wastewater pretreatment professional with over thirty years of experience, was terminated from her position as Industrial Pre-Treatment Inspector for Delray Beach after she alerted the Florida Department of Health and Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General that reclaimed wastewater was contaminating residents’ drinking water and making them sick.
“Christine Ferrigan was an experienced and conscientious City employee,” said Richard Condit, who co-chairs Mehri & Skalet’s Whistleblower Rights Practice Group. “The type of employee that most taxpayers would want on their payroll. Instead of being rewarded for trying to protect public health, Ms. Ferrigan was harassed and eventually terminated.”
In November 2018, the Delray Beach Utilities Department received calls from residents that their drinking water was smelly and dirty and that some residents were getting sick. After conducting inspections, Ms. Ferrigan informed management that it appeared that reclaimed wastewater, intended only for irrigation, was contaminating drinking water systems.
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