Gov. DeSantis steering more money to Piney Point, wants to close site Zachary T. Sampson, Tampa Bay Times © Luis Santana/TNS Aerial view overlooking the site of the old Piney Point phosphate plant.
TAMPA, Fla. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is steering another $15.4 million toward cleaning up polluted water at the old Piney Point phosphate plant in Manatee County, where a leak in recent weeks has prompted the release of more than 200 million gallons of wastewater.
“We want this to be the last chapter of the Piney Point story,” the governor said at a news conference in Manatee on Tuesday. He said the money will be freed up by redirecting existing appropriations to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. He did not specify what that money was meant for originally. It is supposed to help pay for treating wastewater on the site before any more is pumped to Tampa Bay.
Evacuation ends as officials in Florida say risk of a Piney Point catastrophe has lowered
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