Town officials, however, are challenging the accuracy of the county’s $1.4 million estimate for what Belleair would have to pay to join its system. Either one would also solve another long-running problem the town is having with rising levels of salt in its water.
Another is to build a reverse osmosis plant, which would treat the water more thoroughly. One option is for Belleair to abandon its wells and connect to Pinellas County’s distribution system.
