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pollutionwikiCC In: Water Pollution puts Floridians At Risk of Severe Health Problems | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Water Pollution puts Floridians At Risk of Severe Health Problems

Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Environmental Threats - Mining, THREATS, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Chemicals, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment on Water Pollution puts Floridians At Risk of Severe Health Problems

Citizens pay the price of dirty water. Read the complete article here in the Tampa Bay Times. Water pollution puts Floridians at risk of severe health problems Chemicals foul wells used for drinking water and […]

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pascoscalloping In: Unsafe Toxins Halt Florida’s Popular Pasco Scallop Season for 2nd Year In a Row | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Unsafe Toxins Halt Florida’s Popular Pasco Scallop Season for 2nd Year In a Row

Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers Leave a Comment on Unsafe Toxins Halt Florida’s Popular Pasco Scallop Season for 2nd Year In a Row

What is missing from this article?  Important information is missing:  the cause, the solution and what the state is doing about it. Answers are: 1) too many nitrates in the water from fertilizer, septic tanks […]

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manatee FWC In: FDEP Fights Against Protecting Manatees | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

FDEP Fights Against Protecting Manatees

Environmental Threats - Development, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Biosolids, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment on FDEP Fights Against Protecting Manatees

  This is more about a fight over water than a fight over manatees.  The State of Florida has allowed its waterways to become so polluted that the grasses on which manatees feed cannot grow.  […]

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Lake O algae free pic In: Article Misses Main Point | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Article Misses Main Point

State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Biosolids, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs), Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs) Leave a Comment on Article Misses Main Point

  Articles like these are extremely frustrating  because they leave out the most important information:  the preventable causes which our state chooses to ignore.  Instead, they spend millions on treating symptoms. Not to say that […]

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