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onethatcares

(16,611 posts)
Sat Apr 3, 2021, 07:40 AM Apr 2021

Piney Point phosphate pit seems to be [View all]

getting ready to kill the marine life in Tampa Bay as the powers that be send 22,000 gallons of contaminated water a minute into the waters around Port Manatee.

Seems there's a breach in the liner of the holding pond and the emergency management folks are evacuating residents and businesses from nearby.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/breaking-news/2021/04/02/fearing-disaster-manatee-county-orders-evacuation-for-residents-near-old-phosphate-plant/

Of course the problem of gypsum stacks has been neglected for years. It amazes me that developers haven't built on top of them and sold the homes as water front property.

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