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Florida Gov DeSantis declares a state of emergency for Tampa-area water waste issue
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Florida works to avoid catastrophic pond collapse
CHRIS O MEARA and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press
April 4, 2021
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1of6Acting Manatee County Administrator Dr. Scott Hopes speaks during a news conference Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Manatee County Emergency Management office in Palmetto, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted water.Chris O Meara/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6Jared Moskowitz, Florida s Director of Emegency Managment, gestures during a news conference Sunday, April 4, 2021, at the Manatee County Emergency Management office in Palmetto, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted water.Chris O Meara/APShow MoreShow Less
But first, it has some cleaning to do.
Excess water from Black Creek, a tributary of the St. Johns River, will be diverted by pipeline into Alligator Creek. From there, it will flow into Lake Brooklyn and eventually percolate into the aquifer, said Dale Jenkins, district director of projects.
“We would do it only under conditions of high wet-weather flow. We can divert up to 10 million gallons a day safely from Black Creek, which would protect the Black Creek system,” Jenkins said. “The primary purpose is a regionally beneficial aquifer recharge. The way we do that is by moving the water, when conditions dictate, into Lake Brooklyn via Alligator Creek after treatment.”