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The year is 2022, and the former Piney Point fertilizer plant in Manatee County has once again sprung a leak. Piney Point springs a leak, again, but Florida officials are not concerned Skip to ...
Piney Point’s past. After opening in 1966, Piney Point operated for nearly 40 years. The site, which sits on the east side of Tampa Bay near Manatee County’s northern border, collected ...
What to know about Piney Point, a former industrial site that threatened the health of Tampa Bay. A leaking radioactive mound led to a crisis in Florida. What’s next for the toxic site?
On March 25, 2021, leaks were discovered in the containment wall of a 67-acre (27 ha) holding pool located in a stack of radioactive phosphogypsum, storing approximately 480 million US gallons (1.8 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of wastewater containing nitrogen, phosphorus, ammonia, and small amounts of radium and uranium from the former operations at the plant, as well as seawater from the dredging of Berth ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters.
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Site operators say they continue to make progress on cleanup and closure of Piney Point, including over 209 million gallons of water removed from the site and the largest pond being dredged before ...
In 2021, Florida leaders authorized the release of 215 million gallons of contaminated water into Tampa Bay to avoid catastrophe.