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Manatee commission okays pumping water from Piney Point gyp stack underground
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The Manatee County Commission Tuesday okayed a proposal to pump remaining water from the Piney Point gyp stacks into a deep injection well across the road. The measure passed unanimously despite similar proposals failing in the past.
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It’s been over a week since a breach at the former Piney Point phosphate plant opened what could be the final chapter of a dangerous saga 20 years in the making. Commissioners finally moved forward on what to do with the more than 700 million gallons of contaminated process water sitting atop the site’s massive phosphogypsum stacks.