Cockroach Bay Nature Preserve is one of Ruskin s hidden gems
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Ruskin s Camp Bayou sheds light on the areas historic past
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Teams of scientists are keeping a close watch on the bay as they work to understand the impacts of so much polluted water flowing into the ecosystem.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection officials authorized the release of roughly 215 million gallons of wastewater from the Piney Point facility starting March 31 in an emergency response to a leak in a containment pond liner. That leak eventually became a breach, led to the evacuation of hundreds of Manatee County residents from their homes and businesses, local and state-level emergency declarations and the mobilization of a $200 million effort to close Piney Point once and for all.
USFâs red tide research helps predict Piney Point wastewater flow
Kimberly Kuizon reports
BRADENTON, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model was designed by USF s College of Marine Science to track red tide. Now the model is being used to forecast where nutrients from Piney Point will end up. What this model is doing is looking at where the material is going and how it’s diluting over time, explained Dr. Bob Weisberg with USF s OCean Circulation Lab. The effluent is sloshing back and forth with the tides as the winds blow, it may cause it move to the north or south or spread out.