The environmental disaster at Piney Point in Manatee County appears to finally be contained, with state regulators announcing Friday that they have ceased dumping untreated wastewater from the old fertilizer plant property into Tampa Bay at Port Manatee.
“All discharges of untreated water to Port Manatee are currently ceased,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said in a press release.
The crisis began more than a week ago after a breach developed in a wastewater containment pond wall and DEP began pumping water out of the pond and dumping it into the bay to relieve pressure on the wall and avert a total collapse.