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Lake Worth abandons plan for ocean outfall
Lake Worth, September 4 - City commissioners unanimously denied a request to hire a lobbyist to negotiate with a state agency for a permit that would allow the city to dump 4 million gallons of reverse osmosis concentrate near a pristine coral reef.
Although the FDEP has not announced its decision on the final permit, Utility Director Samy Faried told commissioners that the permit to use an old 92-foot deep sewage outfall pipe has been denied.
Earlier this year, the FDEP issued a draft permit that, if approved, would have allowed the city to use the sewage outfall pipe that extends about a mile off Lake Worth Beach. But divers, scientists and environmentalists flooded the FDEP with objections. The Lake Worth mayor credits these efforts with saving the Horseshoe Reef.
NBC TV News: Reef off Lake Worth May Be Saved
(find the link to the right beneath the video player)
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Palm Beach Post: Lobbyists nixed in Lake Worth
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To the many hundreds of you who sent in permit objection emails; pat yourselves on the back for a job well done. Thank you to Dr. Mike Risk and Dr. Tom Goreau who flew to Florida and volunteered their time providing expert testimony before the FDEP and Lake Worth city commissioners.
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Hopefully this is the last we will hear about ocean dumping in Lake Worth.
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Lake Worth abandons plan for ocean outfall
Lake Worth, September 4 - City commissioners unanimously denied a request to hire a lobbyist to negotiate with a state agency for a permit that would allow the city to dump 4 million gallons of reverse osmosis concentrate near a pristine coral reef.
Although the FDEP has not announced its decision on the final permit, Utility Director Samy Faried told commissioners that the permit to use an old 92-foot deep sewage outfall pipe has been denied.
Earlier this year, the FDEP issued a draft permit that, if approved, would have allowed the city to use the sewage outfall pipe that extends about a mile off Lake Worth Beach. But divers, scientists and environmentalists flooded the FDEP with objections. The Lake Worth mayor credits these efforts with saving the Horseshoe Reef.
NBC TV News: Reef off Lake Worth May Be Saved
(find the link to the right beneath the video player)
.
Palm Beach Post: Lobbyists nixed in Lake Worth
.
To the many hundreds of you who sent in permit objection emails; pat yourselves on the back for a job well done. Thank you to Dr. Mike Risk and Dr. Tom Goreau who flew to Florida and volunteered their time providing expert testimony before the FDEP and Lake Worth city commissioners.
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Hopefully this is the last we will hear about ocean dumping in Lake Worth.
