Tue Apr 6, 2021, 01:32 PM
soothsayer (38,601 posts)
Many people are saying nobody understands the #FloridaSwamp as well as @chipfranklin!Link to tweet ?s=21 Donald J. Drumpf @RealDonalDrumpf Many people are saying nobody understands the #FloridaSwamp as well as @chipfranklin! via @ReallyAmerican1
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Tue Apr 6, 2021, 01:39 PM
taxi (1,677 posts)
1. This is misleading
All of the toxic water is going into Tampa Bay. Some of it, 35 million gallons, is being pumped into the bay. The remainder of the 480 million gallons is leaking into the bay. https://apnews.com/article/florida-dismisses-2nd-breach-risk-wastewater-reservoir-85cd2883ebf8bbef27e74dab73788458
In the article it is not mentioned that the toxic water is going into the bay, but the captions on the photos describe it. The video on top shows the area well enough, the section with the photos is further down. . The shoreline along Tampa Bay, just north of Port Manatee and Piney Point. Millions of gallons of wastewater are being pumped into Tampa Bay at Port Manatee in an effort to avoid a catastrophic failure of a containment wall at Piney Point. .This still image from video shows the breach in the containment wall of the Piney Point reservoir. United States Congressman Vern Buchanan toured Piney Point Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, getting a look at the breach in the containment wall, the pumping outflow and Port Manatee where the wastewater is being pumped into Tampa Bay. .United States Congressman Vern Buchanan toured Piney Point Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, getting a look at the breach in the containment wall, the pumping outflow and Port Manatee where the wastewater is being pumped into Tampa Bay. Here's a link:https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/04/05/piney-point-phosphate-plant-leak-florida-seeks-use-covid-relief-money-biden-plan-cleanup/7099120002/ Title of the article: Florida Senate seeks to use federal COVID relief money to clean up Piney Point site https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2724626 ETA: the water is not human or animal waste, it is the pollutants from phosphate mining. |