This update lists action in progress to control the next pending disaster from the gypstack poised on the shores of Tampa Bay.
Trucking water to water treatment facilities is a slow solution which could be nullified at any time by a single large rainfall. The planned Underground Injection Control Well provides a novel acronym (UICW) and an easy way out, but is a danger to our aquifer and should not be considered. The public will soon have input on this but it will surely be ignored, just as their overwhelming negative input on Mosaic expansion in Manatee County was ignored by county commissioners.
The DEP is suing the gypstack owner HRK Holdings for environmental negligence, which is exactly what the DEP is guilty of over the span of many years in its relationship with this gypstack and mining operation. Look back at Craig Pittman’s recent revealing story–“Florida DEP has short memory, conveniently forgets its major role in Piney Point problem.”
Finally, the word “monitoring” is the most over-used word by environmental agencies after “let’s do a study.” After the 2016 New Wales sinkhole fiasco, DEP monitorings carry little credibility since the agency withheld warnings to residents for close to three weeks. The preceding link shows explicitly why the DEP in no way merits the public trust.
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