Deadline set to comment on Valdosta EPD Enforcement Order

May 10, 2020 Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats, Local Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater 1 Comment

Please register and leave your voice as opposed to further destruction and pollution of our water resources. Read the original article here in the Albany Herald. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A […]

Editorial: Local environment has a law firm as an advocate.

May 4, 2020 Federal Government Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Miscellaneous, Water Quality Threats, Volunteering, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

Hats off to the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida who is meeting a need for their area by generously donating their skills and resources. Citizens, corporations and even public agencies at times […]

BLUE-GREEN ALGAL BLOOM WEEKLY UPDATE

May 5, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Development, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity (Threats), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

The Weekly Update for algal bloom from the Department of Environmental Protection is out and it is not good. It is early in the season for this to be happening. What is to come […]

Earthquakes Hit Florida, Perhaps From Oil Drilling

March 29, 2019 Miscellaneous, THREATS, Federal Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Chemicals, Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater, Other Water Quality Threats Leave a Comment

Earthquakes are happening in Florida and the U.S. Geological Survey is looking at the oil industry for the cause. If you don’t believe in coincidences, continue reading. Find the original article here at Al.com […]

Valdosta City Council Will Hear Florida Concerns Over Sewage Spills

March 9, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

Valdosta City Council Meeting Date: Thursday, March 21, 2019 Start Time: 5:30 PM End Time: 6:30 PM Location City Hall, 216 East Central Avenue, 2nd Floor, Council Chambers, Valdosta, GA The following article is from […]

Small earthquakes rattles tiny Jay

March 8, 2019 THREATS, Federal Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Chemicals, Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats - Fossil Fuels, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater, Other Water Quality Threats 1 Comment

Unusual is the word; earthquakes are not common in this area of Florida. Could it be a coincidence? Read below what environmentalist Linda Young has to say: Inquiring minds can’t help but wonder if […]

ACTION ALERT LAKE CITY MEETING ON VALDOSTA SEWAGE SPILLS

February 28, 2019 Action Alerts!, Environmental Threats, THREATS, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Local Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater 1 Comment

Task Force Members, Interested Persons, and News Media, Please be advised that there will be a Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee River Task Force meeting on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 4:00 […]

Another Spill In Valdosta

December 5, 2018 Water Quality Threats, THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

Valdosta has been blamed many times in recent years for wastewater spills which head downstream to Florida. Just recently a new water treatment system was put into place, which has worked well except for a […]

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Deadline set to comment on Valdosta EPD Enforcement Order

Editorial: Local environment has a law firm as an advocate.

BLUE-GREEN ALGAL BLOOM WEEKLY UPDATE

Earthquakes Hit Florida, Perhaps From Oil Drilling

Valdosta City Council Will Hear Florida Concerns Over Sewage Spills

Small earthquakes rattles tiny Jay

ACTION ALERT LAKE CITY MEETING ON VALDOSTA SEWAGE SPILLS

Another Spill In Valdosta

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