Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties in Southeast Florida discharge nearly 400 million gallons a day of wastewater into the Atlantic Ocean -- sewage not fully treated for surface water discharging in that it includes high levels of nutrients and unflitered parasiites like Cryptosporidium and Giardia.
This clip is from a CBS4 Miami newscast that aired on November 26, 3007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APsC_89PzOw
A Win for the Good Guys by Jim Defede, CBS4 Miami
http://www.globalcoral.org/A%20Win%20for%20the%20Good%20Guys.htm
http://miami.cbslocal.com/personality/jim-defede/
Implementation of Chapter 2008-232, Laws of Florida
Domestic Wastewater Ocean Outfalls
2010 Annual Report, June 10, 2010 (19 pages)
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wastewater/docs/ocean-outfall-2010.pdf
(Excerpt) Chapter 2008-232, Laws of Florida, established the Leah Schad Memorial Ocean Outfall Program (the Act) that prohibits the construction of new domestic wastewater ocean outfalls, sets out a timeline for the elimination of existing domestic wastewater ocean outfalls by 2025, and requires that a majority of the wastewater previously discharged be beneficially reused.
The Act requires the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) to submit a progress report no later than July 1, 2010, and every five years thereafter to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives summarizing progress to date, including the increased amounts of reclaimed water provided and potable water offsets achieved, and identifying any obstacles to continued progress, including all instances of substantial noncompliance.
Since 1964, 14 million-gallons-a-day of partially treated sewage was discharged one mile offshore of Delray Beach, FL and onto a coral reef -- April 1, 2009, the outfall finally went offline. A victory for Reef Rescue supporters http:// www.reef-rescue.org Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trPKIvrz8XA
12/28/2010 - (Example of cleaning up pollution, creating jobs and, also, making money) http://coalgeology.com/settlement-with-northeast-ohio-sewer-district-to-elimi... (Excerpt) The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District discharges nearly five billion gallons of untreated, raw sewage approximately 3,000 to 4,000 times per year into Lake Erie and nearby rivers. The settlement will require the sewer district to spend approximately $3 billion to install pollution controls, including the construction of seven tunnel systems ranging from two to five miles in length that will reduce the discharges of untreated, raw sewage to approximately 537 million gallons per year. The sewer district estimates that this investment will lead to more than 30,000 jobs in the Cleveland area and return $2.63 for every $1.00 invested.
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NBC6 Coverage of Delray Outfall Closure http://www.cryofthewater.org/Ocean_Sewage_Outfalls_2D3C.html
http://www.epa.gov/region4/water/uic/downloads/ra/06-ocean.pdf
Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department even had planned to open up two new ocean outfalls, according to this 241-page Ocean Outfall Study, dated April 18, 2006 - http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/reuse/docs/OceanOutfallStudy.pdf
4/16/2006 - Senate Bill 1302 relating to wastewater disposal/ocean outfalls was passed by the Florida Senate today. (More) http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/news/2008/04/0416_01.htm
Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition http://flcoastalandocean.org/
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Hollywood Sewage Outfallby HABteam1,306 views
The dumping of this sewage is disgusting and needs to stop. Now you know why our beaches are routinely closed for high bacteria counts. If only the tourists knew what they were swimming in.
erniewatchdog 4 days ago