Florida’s sewage systems are often old and inadequate with spills commonplace. Many cannot accommodate heavy rains. Valves break, lines rupture, and way too often human incompetence is the cause. There are many examples of this […]
As our toothless DEP has no stomach to take on agriculture, by far the biggest source of nutrient pollution in Florida, they are slowly and very slowly converting existing septic tanks to sewers. But at […]
Manatee County has more water pollution problems. Do they bring these problems on themselves? Yes, certainly they do to some extent. This is because they invite the destructive phosphate industry into their midst, while […]
Progressive they may be in most environmental issues, Alachua’s deep injection well putting wastewater into our aquifer should be immediately stopped. The science behind injecting wastewater into our drinking water is akin to dumping garbage […]
One more danger to the citizens of Florida caused by our state’s agencies’ failure to provide clean water. It appears our wastewater systems are inadequate and not even testing for toxins that are there […]
The three bulleted items below are welcome items, although the North Florida Mega Industrial Park seems to have an uncertain futured at this time. The Dairy Farm Pollutant Pilot project continues the illogical and […]
Several positive items here concerning water and money well-spent. Read the original article here at Alachua News. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
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