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Army Corps Admits to Dumping Toxic Water Into Florida Estuaries
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/congressman-gets-army-corps-to-admit-to-dumping-toxic-algae-water-into-florida-waterways-11217111?fbclid=IwAR2vJNrhdaaeLgBwzR2utlMgXdJZU70fopFItdVaIg_GPyxItNm01mPWgc4An official from the Army Corps of Engineers confirmed this week what many people have known for years: The Corps has been dumping toxic water from Lake Okeechobee into local estuaries without warning the public.
This past Wednesday, Republican Congressman Brian Mast questioned Maj. Gen. Scott Spellmon of the Army Corps regarding the diversion of water containing cyanobacteria from Lake Okeechobee into estuaries on Florida's east and west coasts, as first reported by Florida Politics.
"Has the Army Corps of Engineers transferred toxic water from Lake Okeechobee to the east through the C-44 [canal] into the St. Lucie Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon and to the west through the Caloosahatchee River?" Mast asked Spellmon during a meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Spellmon then admitted that the Army Corps has been dumping water into these estuaries from the lake and that the agency was aware the water contained "harmful algae blooms" and was "toxic."
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