Pretty Much What Everyone Knew
One more finger pointing to the main nitrate polluters in Florida, which are first agriculture and second septic tanks. Hopefully the new think tank at Mote Marine will be able to figure this out. When […]
St. Petersburg surpasses Valdosta
St. Petersburg is in the news again today. Not only did their water treatment plant control system malfunction, the alarms failed to perform as designed, allowing a spill of nearly ten thousand gallons. So now […]
Nearly 1 million gallons of wastewater spilled around Tampa Bay
Florida has an appalling number of sewage spills, daily throughout the state. We will have a post soon outlining some of recent ones. St. Petersburg is the number one offender in the state, and something […]
GARBAGE JUICE: Residents, officials oppose possible deep injection well
In order to save money, some people want to inject wastewater into the ground. Opponents are concerned that the well could impact the Floridan Aquifer, which is the main source of drinking water for Walton, […]
More Sewage Spills From Valdosta
Photo: John S. Quarterman for WWALS, of one of four processing units, during WWTP tour, 3 October 2018.* Something must be done and done soon. The $35 million water treatment plant that came into operation […]
Proposed ‘fracking’ ban re-emerges in Senate
Perhaps this is the year we can finally stop the threat of fracking in Florida. It is only a matter of time until this devastating industry will be banned as unsustainable and destructive. Please […]
Investigation: Few results flowing from nutrient reduction plans– Read Florida BMAPs
* The following article is about egregiously excessive nutrient loading in water, due mostly to agriculture, and what it is doing to our nation: CEDAR RAPIDS — America’s Midwest faces worsening trouble with undrinkable well […]
Freshwater Is Disappearing. Can Technology Save Us? —
The answer to the question in the title is, probably not. At least not yet, and given the rate of increased use. Reasons given below are overuse, climate change, and contamination. Unless substantial changes are […]
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