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sewer
Manatee County group calls for awareness of ‘forever chemicals’ in sewer sludge
Listen: In a recent report, the Environmental Protection Agency says “forever chemicals” are present in sewage sludge – chemicals that can pose health risks to humans. Sewage sludge is the waste product that comes from...
The Florida budget includes money for more than 1,500 programs and projects that lawmakers want to bring back to their communities.
Tampa urges residents to keep fat, oil, grease, and wet wipes out of drains
Listen: This hurricane season, the City of Tampa is urging residents to keep leftover fat, oil, grease, and especially wet wipes out of the drain. At a wastewater plant in Tampa, a technician removes a...
Wastewater discharged into Tampa Bay and other Pinellas waters
Because of flooding from Tropical Storm Colin this week several cities in Pinellas County urged residents to stop using the sewer systems and had to release partially treated wastewater into the open water. Beginning at...
St. Pete plans to upgrade sewer infrastructure
In a newspaper column Wednesday, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Krisemen wrote he is recommending to City Council using money from the BP disaster settlement on storm resiliency and sustainability. That’s after the city dumped fifteen million...
