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No second breach at Florida reservoir but pollution and flood threat remains Adam Gabbatt and agencies © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Tiffany Tompkins/AP Reports of a second breach at a wastewater reservoir in central Florida are “unsubstantiated”, a state agency said, as workers nonetheless battled to prevent hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water causing a catastrophic flood. On Monday, officials warned there could be a second leak in the pool at the abandoned Piney Point phosphate plant, south of Tampa, which has been gushing wastewater from a ...

No second breach at Florida reservoir but pollution and flood threat remains Adam Gabbatt and agencies © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Tiffany Tompkins/AP Reports of a second breach at a wastewater reservoir in central Florida are “unsubstantiated”, a state agency said, as workers nonetheless battled to prevent hundreds of millions of gallons of contaminated water causing a catastrophic flood. On Monday, officials warned there could be a second leak in the pool at the abandoned Piney Point phosphate plant, south of Tampa, which has been gushing wastewater from a ...

2nd breach a concern in Florida phosphate reservoir, officials say Federal resources assisting in effort to control Piney Point reservoir Curt Anderson Updated:  Tags:  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A drone discovered a possible second breach in a large Florida wastewater reservoir as more pumps were headed to the site to prevent a catastrophic flood, officials said Monday. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican, toured the area by helicopter Monday and said federal resources were committed to assisting the effort to control the 77-acre (33-hectare) Piney Point reservoir in Manatee County, just s...

SECOND potential breach is found at Florida reservoir as officials race to drain it before it's wall collapses and 'catastrophic' 20ft wall of polluted water is released over Tampa Bay A reservoir at Piney Point in Tampa has been leaking millions of gallons of water per day for a week  The reservoir sits on stacks of radioactive phosphogypsum - a byproduct of a nearby fertilizer plant  Officials say it is not radioactive, but that it could cause 'catastrophic flooding' to nearby homes  It could also pollute water and kill fish if the reservoir breaches and floods into nearby streams  An e...

Officials: 2nd breach concern in Florida phosphate reservoir by Curt Anderson, The Associated Press Posted Apr 5, 2021 2:42 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 5, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A drone discovered a possible second breach in a large Florida wastewater reservoir as more pumps were headed to the site to prevent a catastrophic flood, officials said Monday. U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican, toured the area by helicopter Monday and said federal resources were committed to assisting the effort to control the 77-acre (33-hectare) Piney Point reservoir in Manatee County, just s...