State officials want to know what led to 248 million gallons of sewage discharged into tampa bay this year alone. How did it get this bad, and whats done to permanently fix it and bhaets done right now . Officials from pinellas county, clearwater and largo spoke about their own issues, but the main spotlight is on st. Petersburg which had three large discharge events since last august. They wanted to know why the Wastewater Treatment closed and why a to 14 whistleblower report predicting massive overflows with to closure was ignored. They said they didnt have knowledge of the reports. Hes seeking independent counsel to get to the bottom of it. Upgrades are in progress but could take two toe three years. Hes doing what he can in the meantime to prevent history from repeating itself. We will do everything we can to minimize the opportunity. To bring that capacity up. We cant get that work done overnight. So we have already started the work to on that construction. Having said that, were