Standing atop the phosphogypsum stacks at Piney Point phosphate plant, you look at the settling pond that has caused a lot of trouble in the past, including releasing more than 200 million gallons ...

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“The history of Piney Point has been: Whatever can go wrong, has gone wrong,” says Glenn Compton, the chairman of ManaSota-88, a local environmental advocacy organization. For years, Compton and ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — It’s been two years since one of Piney Point’s gypstacks suffered a breach which led to the discharge of 215 million gallons of wastewater into Tampa Bay. Since then, ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Starting Tuesday, the injection well at Piney Point will start pumping water 3,300 feet into the ground. Those in charge of the project say the water has been filtered and the ...

The 130-foot-tall tower is part of the construction equipment for a new deep-injection well at the treatment plant. Deep-injection wells are used to send water concentrated with minerals, a byproduct ...

LARGO — The Largo City Commission on Oct. 7 approved two contracts that pave the way for work to begin on the installation of a pair of wastewater deep injection wells. The 6-0 vote awarded a contract ...