Wastewater crisis sheds light on Florida’s environmental troubles
An aerial view of the Piney Point reservoir site.
Photo: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
By Janette Neuwahl Tannen and Robert C. Jones Jr.
04-07-2021
Photo: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Wastewater crisis sheds light on Florida’s environmental troubles By Janette Neuwahl Tannen and Robert C. Jones Jr.
04-07-2021
University experts in marine science, environmental health, law, and engineering reflect on state and local leaders’ decisions during a crisis prompted by contaminated water spewing from an old phosphate retention pond.
Government leaders from across the state of Florida are breathing a sigh of relief as the threat of a toxic flood seems to be dissipating in the Tampa Bay area.