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Fall 2003 - V.18 N.3
Table of Content




Wastewater Carried Towards the Keys from Daytona Beach News-Journal
News Around the Lagoon


Cape Canaveral Hospital Moves One Step Closer to Filling Banana River

30% of Lagoon Dolphin Suffer Skin Disease

12 Water Projects Funded

EPA Allows Florida to Pollute Drinking Water

800 Dolphins and Whales Dying in Nets

Nitrogen Associated with Sewage Found in Ocean Seaweed

Advisory wants to take north Florida's Water to Supply south Florida Growth

Muck Removal Delayed to Late 2004

Army Corp. Studies Lagoon Problems

Lake Okeechobee Water Releases

Merger Expected to Reduce Growth Management

Development impact Fees Results in Job Growth

Runoff Cause Cattails Spread in Everglades

Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festivals

U.S Fish and Wildlife considers New Manatees Zones in Florida

Environmentalists Sue to Restrict Weed Killer

Wastewater Carried Towards in the Keys

Florida Keys at Risk

Bioluminescent Algae in the Ocean

Sea Urchins Infesting the Reefs

On the Lagoon with Captain Rodney Smith





Treated wastewater from Piney Point phosphate plant, disposed of in the Gulf of Mexico is now being carried to the Keys threatening the marine ecosystem. In 2001, a 60-mile-wide patch of "black water" was observed in the Keys due to runoff water, and an outbreak of red tide. This is a fear this wastewater plume could cause similar impacts.



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