The site of a former fertilizer plant in Palmetto, Florida, Piney Point made international headlines in 2021 when a breach in a containment wall released about 215 million gallons of polluted ...

The Manatee County-owned injection well dedicated to the disposal of Piney Point's contaminated wastewater has caused its first spill. The county has reported to the Florida Department of ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A day after ramping up the evacuation order to include over 300 residences, Manatee County Public Safety officials assured residents the controlled wastewater release at ...

A power outage at Manatee County’s pretreatment facility forced the release of 6,000 gallons of untreated Piney Point wastewater, according to a pollution report filed with state officials. The spill, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into Tampa Bay while threatening to burst open ...

Florida Scientist, Vol. 86, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH TAMPA BAY AREA SCIENTIFIC AND INFORMATION SYMPOSIUM (2022) (2023), pp. 288-300 (13 pages) From March 30th to April 9th, 2021, ...

The flow of wastewater to Tampa Bay from the old Piney Point phosphate plant site dropped significantly by late Thursday, according to the Department of Environmental Protection, and a dive team ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — The now-bankrupt company that managed the Piney Point phosphate plant during the massive 2021 leak is now on the hook for nearly $850,000 in damages following a lawsuit. The ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla — Environmental groups and the state have reached a settlement to end a federal lawsuit over management of a former phosphate plant site that leaked millions of gallons of ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida’s legislative session is officially over with a multi-billion dollar budget approved, and many are saying the Bay area is one of the big winners. Included in that $101.5 ...