7.5 Mil Gal of Raw Sewage Headed Into N. FL From Valdosta – FL Sen. Bill Montford Wants Answers

January 11, 2020 Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills 9 Comments

Senator Montford left the meeting without getting his answers. He and many in the crowd were disappointed that those representing our regulatory agencies (the EPA, DEP and Public Health) did not offer concrete suggestions, […]

BLUE-GREEN ALGAL BLOOM WEEKLY UPDATE

May 5, 2019 Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, THREATS, Environmental Threats, Environmental Threats - Development, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), 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 […]

Amendment Nullifies SB1758

March 21, 2019 Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills 2 Comments

The following article from TC Palm describes the committee hearing of this fine bill yesterday, March 20, 2011. As written by Sen. Mayfield it was a great start to improving our useless BMAPs, but it […]

State lawmakers begin polluter crackdown

March 18, 2019 Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

Welcome words. We hope this long-overdue beginning carries through, although surely the polluters will kick back and fight to continue their planet-destroying pollution activities. The following is a great article, but shows some confusion […]

Valdosta City Council Will Hear Florida Concerns Over Sewage Spills

March 9, 2019 Environmental Threats, 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 […]

ACTION ALERT LAKE CITY MEETING ON VALDOSTA SEWAGE SPILLS

February 28, 2019 THREATS, Action Alerts!, Environmental 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 […]

NCFRPC Task Force Addresses Continuous Valdosta Sewage Spills

January 25, 2019 Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Sewage Spills Leave a Comment

The North Central Florida Regional Planning Council Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee River Task Force met again on January 24, 2019 to talk more about how to curtail the frequent sewage spills from […]

Another Spill In Valdosta

December 5, 2018 Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats, 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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