Millions of gallons of water laced with fertilizer ingredients are being pumped into Florida’s Tampa Bay from a leaking reservoir at an abandoned phosphate plant at Piney Point. As the water spreads into the bay, it carries phosphorus and nitrogen – nutrients that under the right conditions can fuel dangerous algae blooms that can suffocate sea grass beds and kill fish, dolphins and manatees.
It’s the kind of risk no one wants to see, but officials believed the other options were worse.
About 300 homes sit downstream from the 480-million-gallon reservoir, which began leaking in late March 2021. State officials determined that pumping out the water was the only way to prevent the reservoir’s walls from collapsing. They decided the safest location for all that water would be out through Port Manatee and into the bay.
Water being pumped into Tampa Bay could cause a massive algae bloom, putting fragile manatee and fish habitats at risk
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Hinkel v Simmons & Simmons, Mr Justice Adam Johnson refused permission to appeal an order entering summary judgment for the law firm, and in doing so upheld the decision to dismiss David Hinkel’s fraud claim.
The claimant had brought legal action against Simmons & Simmons over an aborted purchase of a property owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hinkel said that an individual involved in the transactions, who was in contact with a member of Simmons & Simmons, was not a representative of the seller but instead an imposter. Hinkel sought incurred costs and lost profits caused by the failed transaction from the firm on the basis it was a party to a fraud.