[UPDATE] Florida Phosphate Plant Spots Second Potential Leak in the Reservoir

On Monday, workers struggling to save a central Florida reservoir holding hundreds of millions of gallons of polluted water from collapsing discovered a possible second spill. Officials shared optimism that the infamous "20-foot wall of water" that would result from a complete breach of the reservoir walls could be avoided.

Environmentalists cautioned that dumping more toxins into Tampa Bay would increase the chance of poisonous red tide algae blooms harming biodiversity.

The environmental group Mana-Sota 88 said, "Phosphate industries have had over 50 years to work out a way to dispose of the toxic gypsum wastes." "At this time, there are no federal, state, or municipal laws forcing the sector to make environmentally appropriate final disposal of phosphogypsum wastes."

"The current problem can be traced back to the ludicrous 2006 decision to allow dredged material from Port Manatee to be put into one of Piney Point's gyp stacks, which the stack was never intended for," the group continued.

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