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4. This is Florida. It is not being dumped or taken anywhere. It is pumped into the bay!
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 11:40 AM
Apr 2021

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/

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.


edit: Title of the article: Florida Senate seeks to use federal COVID relief money to clean up Piney Point site


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