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Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon

Envirotec Magazine

For more than a decade, fertilizer leaching and associated stormwater runoff were thought to be the major drivers of harmful algal blooms in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon. This is likely the result of increased infiltration, groundwater flow and stormwater runoff in the wet season.

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Leaking wastewater pond causes state of emergency in Florida

AGreenLiving

He said it was primarily salt water “mixed with legacy process water and stormwater runoff.” HRK filed for bankruptcy in 2012 after an expensive gypsum stack liner leak in 2011. “It It could have been resolved two decades ago,” said Manatee County’s Acting County Administrator Scott Hopes, as reported by Huffington Post.

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How to lay the foundation for net zero carbon building projects

Business Green

However, critics of net-zero pledges charge that corporations fall back on "net zero" goalposts to look virtuous while getting a free pass for their carbon-polluting sins and that net-zero deadlines are set so far in the future as to omit any accountability plan. It's really, really hard to get to net zero," Kline said.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. This phenomenon — groundwater rise — could also have dire effects on people’s health, exposing them to new or unearthed pollutants. It can also pollute nearby waterways, poisoning plants and wildlife.

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In West Virginia, Plan to Clean up Radioactive Fracking Waste Ends in Monster Lawsuit

DeSmogBlog

If they were coming from Europe and had a superior system that would actually free us from the pollution and the toxicity that would be welcome,” said Jill Hunkler, executive director of Ohio Valley Allies, a grassroots advocacy group fighting for environmental justice in northern Appalachia. Geological Survey report noted.

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