Treating Symptoms Instead of Causes
The problem here is once again we are treating the symptom and not the cause, which is excessive nutrients from fertilizer and septics. In addition, they put unspecified chemicals into the water which perhaps […]
BlueTriton May Be About to take a Hit
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More Pressure On Kemp and Georgia EPD to Protect Swamp
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has plenty of grease on his palm provided by mining interests, countered by a US senator, the US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, plus a few grass roots environmental groups, […]
More Reasons US Supreme Court Ruling Harms Florida Wetlands
The value of wetlands to our environment and water sources cannot be overstated. Read the original article here in the Tampa Bay Times. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like […]
Florida Water Districts, Please Take Note
“In the water business you have to be years and years ahead of the game,” Mr. Ethredge, now retired, said in an interview. Foresight is not in the playbooks of Florida’s water district managers. When […]
Gilchrist Blue Spring Collapse Likely Was Preventable and Human Caused
In reviewing the likely causes of the collapse of Gilchrist Blue it was the consensus that, while over-pumping may have been a factor, it was the erosion from above and surrounding the spring that was […]
More Wasted Money to Protect Polluters
“We don’t need to keep on throwing chemicals into the water,” Sullivan said. “We can just get (our water) clean naturally and stop the nutrient pollution that will go a long way.” The above statement […]
Manatee County Oil Spill May Be Intentional Oil Dump
Fossil fuels cause enough damage when the frequent oil spills occur through incompetence or infrastructure failure, but to have 19 thousand gallons of oil purposely dumped into our waterways is egregious and must be accounted […]
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