Since 1977, five years after the Clean Water Act mandated that municipalities bring their waste water treatment systems into compliance with the Act's conservation measures, the City of St Petersburg has not increased its treatment capacity in the face of a growing population. In fact, on April 2nd, 2015, the City of St Petersburg decreased its waste water treatment capacity by closing the Albert Whitted Waste Water Treatment Facility, knowing that the remaining three treatment facilities could not handle the increased treatment burden.