Suncoast Waterkeeper and Tampa Bay Waterkeeper say the wastewater at Piney Point has approximately 10 times the amount of Nitrogen than raw sewage. The owner of a leaking reservoir at a former phosphate plant, which forced the discharge of millions of gallons of polluted water into Tampa Bay is not solely to blame for the environmental disaster, environmental groups say. The state failed to properly oversee the property years ago, a joint statement from and said. “Permit conditions were ignored and water accumulation was not addressed when state funds were available to remedy the conditions,” the statement says. Rusty Chinnis sits on the board of both groups. He says the plant accepted wastewater from a dredging project, which brought the reservoir to dangerous levels.