excess nutrients

More Polluted Lakes

April 12, 2024 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

For many years this lake received wastewater effluent from nearby Winter Haven. Efforts were made to clean it up, but apparently it is still overloaded with nutrients. Given the fact that Florida has more polluted […]

Current Regulations For Excess Nutrients Not Working

January 25, 2024 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers Leave a Comment

This is the story of Florida all over again. We are poisoning our planet in order to save money and the agencies which are supposed to protect our waters do not care. Read the original […]

Dancing Around the Issue

January 13, 2024 State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks Leave a Comment

Ten million that would better be spent on the sources of algal blooms–excess fertilizer and nutrients. This is politically motivated to pretend to address the issue but carefully designed to not offend the polluters. Read […]

Excess Nutrients a Problem in the Midwest and In Florida

November 14, 2023 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs) Leave a Comment

Intense corn, wheat and soybean production in the Midwest has caused huge amounts of fertilizer to be carried down the streams and rivers to the Mississippi, and also to enter the groundwater. Excess nitrates are […]

Toxic Algae Increases and Florida Is Losing the Battle

July 23, 2023 State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Development, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

Although our governor has appointed a task force to combat toxic algae, he usually ignores their recommendations. We actually don’t need a task force because the causes for the algae are well known– excess nutrients […]

Common Sense Required

May 20, 2023 Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Biosolids, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs), Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks Leave a Comment

The issue is quite simple: manatees are lacking food because polluted waters block out the sun so their food doesn’t grow. The State of Florida will not clean up the water because that would cost […]

Lettuce Again on the Florida Menu to Slow Manatee Starvation

November 18, 2022 State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quality Threats - Septic Tanks Leave a Comment

Florida will go to almost any lengths to avoid the ire of industry and agriculture, as seen by their continuation of this stop-gap remedy. Removal of excess nutrients entering the water is the solution […]

DEP Misses Mark Intentionally

August 9, 2022 State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers Leave a Comment

Here is a purely political and misleading statement from the DEP: “I think it’s easy for us to sometimes get trapped thinking that water-quality degradation is the challenge we’re facing, and I don’t think that’s […]

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