FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The city of Fort Lauderdale has been slapped with $2.1 million in fines by the state for a series of sewage spills. The South Florida SunSentinel reports that the state Department of Environmental Protection originally imposed a $1.8 million fine. Environmental officials say the 211.6 million gallons (800 million liters) that leaked from December 2019 to February of this year is the largest sewage spill on record in Florida. Fort Lauderdale officials must approve the order. City officials say they have a plan to shore up the sewage system.