Piney Point threat to Tampa Bay Water desalination plant diminishes
Test results ease earlier concerns about contaminants reaching the site in Hillsborough County.
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An aerial view of a storage pond at the closed Piney Point fertilizer operation in Palmetto, Manatee County. . [ LUIS SANTANA | Times ]
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TAMPA â The potential threat to a regional water source from a contamination spill in Manatee County has eased, officials said Thursday, even as the state revealed a continuing leak at the closed Piney Point phosphate plant.
Tom Ash, assistant water division director for the Hillsborough Environmental Protection Commission, acknowledged early concerns about the discharge flowing north toward Tampa Bay Waterâs desalination plant in the Big Bend area.
Florida proposed cancel culture law reeks of âtotalitarian strangleholdâ | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Mondayâs letters to the editor.
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The Capitol in Tallahassee is seen following Opening Day of the Florida Legislature in March. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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State GOP pushes âintellectual diversityâ bill | April 8
Isnât it ironic that the GOP, pushing this HB 233 thought-control survey bill, supposedly âto push back against cancel culture,â holds substantial majorities in our stateâs House and Senate? When indomitable control of our state feels like âcancellation,â your perceptions might be a little suspect. The GOP â canceller of truth, elections, tens of millions of legal votes, Black and brown folks, womenâs equality, living wages, our Constitution, ethics and responsible, accountable government. Yes, itâs very ironic.
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When a tear in the lining of a wastewater pool at a former phosphate plant threatened to unleash a 20-foot wave of contaminated water into neighborhoods in Piney Point, Florida, officials had no choice but to pump millions of gallons of the water into Port Manatee, a cargo port along the eastern shore of Tampa Bay.
The transfer of 165 million gallons into the bay averted catastrophe. But scientists and state officials are now urgently monitoring the bay’s water quality, fearful that nutrients in the wastewater could lead to harmful algal blooms and disrupt the bay’s marine ecosystem.
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