Army Corps works to reduce blue-green algae flowing in Caloosahatchee
Published: May 14, 2021 4:02 PM EDT
Updated: May 14, 2021 4:35 PM EDT
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Streaks of blue-green algae are flowing through the Caloosahatchee River Friday.
As the algae increases and moves closer to Fort Myers, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking steps to reduce it.
Josue Correa expected sun and dry weather to be conditions for a nice day on the water with his family.
“I’m trying to get the girls involved with jet skis that we just purchased Monday,” Josue Correa said.
What Correa didn’t expect were algae streaks in the water.
Operators arrived at the facility and placed the plant in bypass at 6:00 am to stop the spill. The estimated 40,000 gallons of discharge had already received biological treatment and secondary clarification and was contained on site.
The spill flowed down the driveway into an artificial concrete retention pond. The cleanup response included the application of calcium hydroxide to the affected soil along the driveway and pumping out the lined retention pond into a sanitary sewer for treatment.
Hummer bursts into flames just after driver filled up containers of gasoline in Homosassa, firefighters say
By Fox 13 News staff
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Pipeline cyberattack creating panic at the pump
Gas pumps are empty at stations up and down the East Coast, and even into northern Florida. But there is still plenty of gas in the Bay Area, and experts don t expect prices to jump.
HOMOSASSA, Fla. - An SUV caught fire Wednesday, moments after investigators said the driver filled up several containers of gasoline at a Homosassa, Florida gas station.
Citrus County Fire Rescue said they responded to a report of a vehicle on fire near the Texaco gas station, located at 7593 W Grover Cleveland Blvd, around 11 a.m. Wednesday, where they found the Hummer H2 SUV engulfed in flames.