Florida workers over the weekend rushed to prevent the collapse of a
reservoir wall containing hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater
from a defunct phosphate mine, a looming environmental catastrophe that
prompted mandatory evacuation orders and a declaration of emergency by
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A leak in the Piney Point reservoir was first reported late last month,
sparking fears of a complete breach and possible upending of stacks of
phosphogypsum, a radioactive waste product of fertilizer manufacturing.
During abriefing
<https://www.reuters.com/article/florida-reservoir/imminent-reservoir-wall-collapse-threatens-polluted-flood-of-tampa-bay-idUSL1N2LX096>on
Saturday, a public safety official for Florida's Manatee County warned
that "structural collapse" of the storage reservoir "could occur at any
time."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/05/epa-needs-step-florida-workers-race-prevent-massive-spill-radioactive-waste
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