Factoid/2008/02/21
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< Beachapedia:Factoid | 2008 | 02
Southeast Florida Pumps Massive Amounts of Insufficiently Treated Sewage into Local Coastal Waters
- Every day, six plants in Miami-Dade, Broward and south Palm Beach counties pump about 300 million gallons of sewage into the Atlantic Ocean. The brew is screened of its foulest components but remains nutrient-rich, not even clean enough to sprinkle on a lawn... "'In my lifetime, we've pumped enough sewage offshore to fill Lake Okeechobee twice. It's probably the biggest environmental disaster in Florida, but because nobody sees it, nothing's been done," said TJ Marshall. - excerpt and quote appeared in this Miami Herald article.
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