Toxic Water Pollution in Florida

 I knew what my post was going to be when I kept seeing all over the news and Tik Tok about an issue involving toxic waste-water in Florida. 

Water is leaking out of a reservoir that was an old phosphate mine that has since been filled up with water and become toxic waste-water. This should have not gotten so bad but people chose to ignore the problem of the toxic reservoir for a decade. They think the lining that was placed on the inside of the reservoir, that was not supposed be placed in the first place, broke and caused the water to break through the ground and make a hole leading to a creek stream. 3,450 million gallons of water was in the reservoir and is now at a fast pace, coming to the outside. The water is not radioactive but is containing nitrogen and ammonia, which are toxic chemicals. The chemicals might not have a huge affect on humans but will most likely have the biggest affect in the marine life in the Gulf. They have had to evacuate 1,000 plus people out of the area, at this point they have no clue when they can give the all clear to the residents living in the area that they will be safe.


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  1. Jessica S.April 9, 2021 at 11:39 PM

    This is honestly a good example of a problem that could be solved if people cared enough about the environment to fix it before the real damage occurred. Tons of money would have been saved and land saved if they would have done the proper thing. If the marine life takes a huge hit, then it will change our water ecosystem a lot. I just can not believe that much water is rushing out filled with all those toxic chemicals.
    Jessica Seaton

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