Florida Reservoir Leaking Toxic Wastewater on the Verge of Collapsing #Shorts

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a State of Emergency for Manatee County on Saturday, April 3, as officials warned of the imminent collapse of a retention pond holding hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic wastewater. #shorts

Footage provided to Storyful by Manatee County Public Safety shows a rushing stream of contaminated water.

The state-run Protecting Florida Together, website said the leak had been reported on March 26.

On Saturday morning, Manatee County Public Safety said a significant leak had compromised the stability of the pond, which sits atop a phosphogypsum stack (often shortened to “gypsum stack”) near Piney Point, and ordered evacuations. Phosphogypsum is a regulated, radioactive substance that is the byproduct of fertilizer manufacturing, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There are 27 gypsum stacks across Florida, WFLA reported.

The gypsum stack at Piney Point is one of 27 across Florida, WFLA reported.

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[donlesley]

Oh my
GOD JUST USE FLEX SEAL the answers are right in front of us!

[sailorcaramel]

Floridians!, make sure you stay on your Governor's tail to get this cleaned and taken care of.

[conqueefador]

At this point nothing in Florida surprises me anymore. We like a whole different country down here lmfao

[oneofthesionmains]

Rumor has it that if this spills, it could tamper with the insanity of the average Florida man. We can't let those stories stop existing.

[Hotlooksamerica]

Real estate agents got a saying in Manatee County, “Don’t eat the oranges here, you’ll die!”

[mrconscious]

All a part of their plan. This is no accident! Prayers up for those in that area.

[discgolflife]

You'd think the genius's would be bringing in truck loads of back fill and heavy equipment. Good lord!

[onemileperhour]

think on the positive: all this toxic waste might turn everyone normal

[Feed-My-Mind-Not-My-Ego]

Florida is already collapsing with all those sink holes everywhere.

[thot-bt]

brave of the cameraman to just hang out at the breach area, did they not say it could turn into a 20ft wave of toxic sludge water at any moment?

[blacksmokematters]

Was a problem 15 years ago but now just talking about it....

[frankcastle]

I love how no one is around to help seal the leaks and weak points but they'll declare a state of emergency asap.

[JasmineLindros]

Somebody needs to explain to me how Floriduh is AVOIDING a massive environmental disaster by deliberately pumping all this toxic water into a small stream which runs into the nearby ocean.

[killrbamb]

My grandma lives on Bud Rhoden Rd. You can literally see the berm of the reservoir from the end of her driveway, visited three years ago and i remember being infatuated with the pond because I'm into radiology and nuclear energy. Now she's having to come to Oklahoma until this stuff calms down. I feel bad for her, she loves her house, it's gotta secret crawl space, and room in the bottom story.

[pamcoyer]

Where in Florida are these death ponds? Obviously by the locks, but WHERE? Palm Beach County? Broward or Dade? Orange or Pinellas?? I have not heard anyone saying where.

[TalkSchitAvenger]

The real question here is, does this mean we're going to see funnier ''Florida Man'' articles with the introduction of super powers?

[bluejay]

Guarantee the republicans will blame Antifa

[lisaking]

Visit Florida where you can become radioactive.

[stumando]

How about having the company that made the mess pay for the clean up.

[pruett]

The runoff from the condos and sugar cane fields a couple of years ago was terrible. It’s apparent the communities will have to start holding these companies and local politicians personally accountable that apparently pocketing money or just don’t give a damn about the pollution that’s destroying Florida .