Florida Continues To Do Crappy Job In Reporting Sewage Spills On Beaches

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The state of Florida has failed to improve its record of reporting sewage spills into local waters and along beaches, an environmental group said Thursday in a follow-up to a study it released last year.

According to the follow-up study, "Are We Still Wading in Waste?," the state accounted for 44 million (166 million liters) to 51 million gallons (193 million liters) of wastewater and sewage spilled last year.

"This is only a drop in the bucket of what may really be happening," said Kathleen Aterno, the fund's Florida director, in a statement. "Not only has little changed in how spills are being reported, it appears that no one, including the state, counties and the public, is getting the full picture of how much sewage is actually spilling in our communities," she added.

The study notes that a 250,000-gallon (950,000-liter) sewage spill that closed beaches in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach last year is nowhere to be found in the Division of Emergency Management's "State Warning Point" data although it had been highlighted in the fund's 2005 study.

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[donsu]

1. tourists should think twice about stepping toe in Fl. waters

nt

[soothsayer]

2. Crappy job. Punny!

[NNadir]

3. Well given the family responsible for reporting events in Florida,

this is hardly surprising.

I have no idea what it says in the Florida constitution, but can they re-elect the piece of shit that has washed up in their Governor's mansion.

From what I know of Florida, I don't doubt it.