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Tommy Gregory

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Fair water consumption use/damage by over-pumping

  • The Case for Universal Water Fees in Florida
  • The Effects of Nestle Bottling Co.’s on Florida Springs

Seagrass Death

  • Algae Blooms, Seagrass Loss, and Manatee Deaths
  • Why Florida’s massive seagrass loss is so devastating
  • It’s a sin what we’ve done to Florida’s seagrass

Glyphosate Spraying

  • Florida’s Ongoing Struggle with Non-Native Water Hyacinth
  • Herbicide used in FL as a cure-all is more like a kill-all
  • Don’t Feed The Algae

Biosolid Runoff

  • Florida Sportsman – Watermen Documentaries – Biosolids
  • BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT 2018 – STATE SUMMARY
  • Brevard County leaders have failed to address our poop problem

Development is pushing growth further into Florida’s rural and natural areas - Comprehensive Plan

  • Planning and Growth Management
  • FDEP – Local Government Comprehensive Plans
  • Florida has lost 44% of its wetlands since 1845
  • Wetland Loss, 404 Wetland Permitting and Wetland Mitigation Banking in Florida
  • NOAA: Southwest Florida a ‘hotspot’ for wetland loss

SB712 Wastewater Treatment References

  • FDEP Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Program
  • 'Clean Waterways Act' passes Florida Senate; what does it mean for the state?
  • Despite efforts to curb pollution, Escambia County still struggles with its haunted past
  • DeSantis Will Push 2020 Legislature to Toughen Fines for Municipal Sewage-Spillers

Lake Level References

  • Army Corps of Engineers, Release 2/22/2019, Corps takes action to lower Lake Okeechobee in advance of the wet season
  • Palm Beach Post 7/17/2019 Army Corps wans Immediate Changes to Lake Okeechobee Management
  • Miami Herald 3/2/2019 Corps looking to lower Lake O this rainy season to avoid fouling Florida Coasts

Phosphate Mining References

  • FDEP Phosphate Mining
  • The Clock is Ticking on Florida's Mountains of Hazardous Phosphate Waste
  • Phosphate giant Mosaic agrees to pay nearly $2 billion over mishandling of hazardous waste
  • Battle over phosphate mining roils small Florida town

Hold major polluters accountable

  • Florida DEP BMAPs
  • BGATF Final Report
  • Letter to Chief Science Officer
  • Poll: Floridians willing to pay for clean water; coalitions: here's how they should do it
  • Florida Senate Bill 712 (Full Text)

EAA / CERP Capacity References

  • South Florida Water Management District Lays out plans for Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage reservoir project
  • Should EAA Reservoir be Redesigned to clean water better? TC Palm Newspaper, August, 2019
  • Local Scientist says EAA reservoir needs more treatment areas November 23, 2018. NBC Report
  • Environmental Groups Disagree on whether now is the time to force a change to the EAA reservoir. 

Fully fund pollution monitoring and enforcement

  • Florida DEP BMAPs
  • BGATF Final Report
  • Letter to Chief Science Officer "the provisions in SB 7121 are not capable of achieving the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)"
  • Marco Island waterways added to state impairment list
  • State looks to reduce Caloosahatchee pollution

"Sugar Free" Politicians

  • Sugar's decades long hold over Everglades came with a price
  • Big Sugar's Influence Stretches from South Florida to Washington
  • Open Secrets: Sugar Cane & Sugar Beets Political Influence
  • Netflix Docuseries: Rotten, Season 2 Episode 4 "A Sweet Deal"

Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) and Deep Injection Wells (DIW)

  • Fractures as Preferential Flowpaths for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Injections and Withdrawals: Implications for Environmentally Sensitive Near-Shore Waters, Wetlands of the Greater Everglades Basin and the Regional Karst Floridan Aquifer System
  • Lessons Learned from Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Systems in the United States
  • $300 million scheme to send polluted water underground is untested and unwise

Make human health a priority

  • Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)
  • Water Control Plan for Lake Okeechobee and Everglades Agricultural Area
  • Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project

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