Water Quality Threats – Sewage Spills

Time to Act on Causes of Toxic Algae

July 13, 2021 Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), THREATS, 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, Other Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

Until Florida officials find the political will to tackle these big problems, massive algae blooms are probably going to be a fact of life. And spot solutions will never make up for the damage Floridians […]

Part of Our Problem: We Don’t Know Who the Environmentalists Are.

July 10, 2021 THREATS, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

This article exposes part our problem that we have in Florida regarding water. People recognize our red tide and green algae issues because they are visible and smelly. The slow death of our springs […]

Blue-Green Algae Task Force Meets for First Time Since November–

July 2, 2021 THREATS, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, State Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity (Threats), Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

In the past there have been good people on this body but they have worked to no avail as their work fizzled out in the Legislature. Task Force chair Tom Frazer did not bring […]

Blue-green algae are not to be taken lightly

June 21, 2021 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, THREATS, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

The State of Florida has made a terrible mess of protecting and sustaining its waters, and we are only just beginning to pay the price. Nutrient-fed algae have damaged tourism, more important even than […]

Vultures circle a tropical paradise in Florida as Brevard County’s graveyard of manatees grows–

May 12, 2021 THREATS, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), State Government Threats, 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 Leave a Comment

The sewage, detritus and fertilizers we have been dumping into our coastal waters for decades have created blooms of bad plant life while choking to death the seagrass on which the manatees and other marine life […]

Study: More than half of Florida’s manatees have the herbicide glyphosate in their bodies

March 26, 2021 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Biosolids, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quantity (Threats), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

We seem to be doing our level best to assure that the manatee will not survive. Our agencies need to act and fast! “Manatees are Exhibit A that Florida’s waters are in crisis and […]

Florida manatees are dying in droves this year. Experts blame poor water quality, starvation

March 8, 2021 State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

The manatees are starving to death say the experts, their food killed off by continual algal blooms. If this is true we must blame the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for not having the political […]

Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee Task Force Report

May 23, 2020 Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Miscellaneous, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs), Other Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

The Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee River Task Force subcommittee of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council met virtually on May 20, 2020. For the first thirty minutes of the meeting […]

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