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Spills can have significant environmental and health effects by contaminating drinking water, which can lead to increased incidents of cancer and other diseases.
Read More »Rate Of Hazardous Spills In Florida Remains Steady
The Florida Department Of Environmental Protection Gives $1.5 Million To Help Dairy Farmers Use Water Efficiently
Dairy farmers can now save and use water more efficiently thanks to a cost-share assistance program created by the Suwannee River Water Management District.
Read More »Paynes Prairie Goes On Without Management
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park has still not hired someone to replace its past manager who retired last spring.
Read More »Ichetucknee Springs Water Quality Improvement Project Completed
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection celebrated the completion of a water improvement project for Ichetucknee Springs that will reduce unwanted nutrients in the water.
Read More »Facebook Users Prepare To Protest Over Sabal Trail Pipeline
Facebook event “Springs Not Pipelines! An Action Camp on the Santa Fe River” has reached over 900 people, preparing them to use their rights to protest the Sabal Trail pipeline.
Read More »Florida, Georgia Clash In Water Dispute
Lawyers for Florida and Georgia clashed on Monday in a long-running dispute over water rights, with Florida blaming low river flows for imperiling fisheries and Georgia denying responsibility and saying water restrictions could imperil its economy.
Read More »Fla. Reaches Deal With Fertilizer Maker On Sinkhole Cleanup
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the consent order to seal the hole and clean up the contamination late Monday.
Read More »Bronson Emu Farmers Collect 1,500 Tires To Build Animal Playground, Corrals
Poultry and emu farmers by trade, Rathay and his wife, Misty, are taking on a new venture — called "the Earthship Project" — to find a new purpose for hundreds of used tires.
Read More »North Central Florida Counties Work to Increase Recycling Rates
Recycling rates in Florida have increased by 26% since 2010 as the result of a statewide effort to achieve a 75% recycling rate by 2020. Some county recycling coordinators think this goal think this goal is unrealistic.
Read More »New Rule Aims To Alert Floridians Of Pollution Incidents
This comes after a sinkhole in Polk County released possibly contaminated water from a phosphate plant and a separate sewage leak in Pinellas County.
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