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Apr 04, 2021 10:01 PM EDT
(Photo : Pixabay/Michelleraponi) Florida s work crews were pumping millions of gallons of impure wastewater into an ecologically sensitive Florida bay on Sunday. They made efforts to alleviate the “imminent” collapse of an old phosphate mine s storage reservoir.
Florida s work crews were pumping millions of gallons of impure wastewater into an ecologically sensitive Florida bay on Sunday. They made efforts to alleviate the imminent collapse of an old phosphate mine s storage reservoir.
Florida is facing imminent pollution catastrophe
Manatee County officials have released evacuation orders for the area surrounding Florida s Piney Point. This serves as preparation of the imminent catastrophic collapse of a phosphogypsum stack retention pond holding up to 700 million gallons of wastewater. It has been recorded that 22,000 gallons per minute are being discharged from the holding pond
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters. Officials in Florida ordered more than 300 homes to be evacuated and closed off a highway Saturday near the large reservoir in the…
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Florida officials are working to avoid a catastrophic wastewater pond collapse Share Updated: 4:03 AM EDT Apr 5, 2021 By CHRIS O MEARA and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press
Florida officials are working to avoid a catastrophic wastewater pond collapse Share Updated: 4:03 AM EDT Apr 5, 2021
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Show Transcript now, the good news here is that a full breach has not occurred at this point. Officials are calling the current situation a partial breach, meaning water is flowing out of the contaminated retention pond. But the Department of Environmental Protection is trying to work fast to empty enough water out of the pond and into the bay in order to relieve some of the pressure. They do have additional pumps out here removing some of that water, and at this point they re pumping just over 22,000 gallons a minute into Tampa Bay at Port Manatee. They re also pumping additional water into the borrow pits and lower elevation area