A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant in Mulberry, Florida, has caused about 215 million gallons of radioactive water to drain down into the Floridian aquifer system, according to ABC affiliate WFTS.
The aquifer system supplies drinking water to millions of Florida residents, according to the St. Johns Water Management District’s website. Additionally, water that escapes from the aquifers create springs used for recreational activities like snorkeling and swimming.
The fertilizer company Mosaic wrote on its website that it discovered a sinkhole 45 feet in diameter at its New Wales facility after noticing water levels had dropped in a stack of radioactive waste product known as phosphogypsum in late August.
Phosphogypsum is a waste product resulting from the processing of phosphate to make fertilizers, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The byproduct is often stored by industrial plants in mountainous piles known as phosphogysum stacks.
“Based on the nature of the water loss and what we’ve learned so far,” the sinkhole damaged the liner system at the base of a phosophogypsum stack, Mosaic said on Thursday. “The pond on top of the cell drained as a result” and “some seepage continues.”
The fertilizer company added that it believes the sinkhole reached the Floridian aquifer, and WFTS reported that the company told the station about 215 million gallons of contaminated water used to process fertilizer drained had into the hole.
After learning of the water loss, “Mosaic immediately implemented additional and extensive groundwater monitoring and sampling regimens and has found no offsite impacts,” the company said. Additionally, Mosaic “began pumping water out of the west cell” of the affected phosphogypsum stack “into an alternative holding area on site to reduce the amount of drainage.”
The company has also “begun the process of recovering the water” drained through the sinkhole “by pumping through onsite production wells,” it said.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) “confirmed that Mosaic immediately took steps to investigate and initiate corrective action,” according to FDEP Deputy Press Secretary Dee Ann Miller.
“As required by their state permit and federal requirements, Mosaic notified both EPAand DEP of a water loss incident at their New Wales facility,” Miller told ABC News today. “Mosaic continues to regularly update the department and EPA on progress.”
Miller added that along with reviewing daily reports, the FDEP “is performing frequent site visits to make sure timely and appropriate response continues in order to safeguard public health and the environment.”
Or in other words “Move along, nothing to see here. Just one affront on another, after another, that met another one of our abominations that once again poisoned the earth and humanity. Oh, and we’ll get away with this one too, so F you. You’ll even pay for it in every way.”
“Yes, but fortunate for us, a little radiation is good for you!”
Ain’t that the truth, Millard! Hard to believe the crap that comes out of their mouths and even worse is the bs that the People believe and/or tolerate?!
BUT…..”YOU CAN DRINK THE WATER”…..BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
Why so many sinkholes lately, gobbling up houses, cars, and entire streets?
My guess is that fracking, which is also linked to the earthquake epidemic in Oklahoma, is causing these disruptions beneath us.
Another possibility is the massive quantities of oil that have been pumped out of the ground over the last century. I’ll bet that leaves a lot of empty space underneath us for things to drop into. Let some running water (the aquifers) do it’s work, and all kinds of things will be collapsing.
You forget how hard the aquifers are hit too, everyone has to have a giant pool, sprinkler system or run the carwash, etc. Water use it through the roof especially in my state thanks to all the damned commiefornians coming here. Personal example is the highschool I graduated from: they built it on an ancient wetland that dried up (aquifer was still there) then built pumps and drained the aquifer. Suddenly the brand new highschool starts to sink a few inches each year and they ran around screaming: “we have NO IDEA what caused this!!!”
I was always amazed by how they wasted water in Las Vegas… a desert, no less, where every one insists on a green lawn, golf courses, swimming pools.
Water running down the curb from broken sprinkler heads, as if there were an endless supply.
Another possibility is that some of their DUMB tunnels may be collapsing in places.
I doubt that, they would probably keep those EXTREMELY well maintained, also unless we have major earthquakes along those lines… Most likely they are from oil drilling and aquifer depletion. Now if we had an eathquake somewhere and suddenly a straight line cave in occurred and government agents (CIA, military, etc) swarmed the location… Oh yes, DUMB tunnel collapsed.
This is something JR pointed out…
“Another possibility is the massive quantities of oil that have been pumped out of the ground over the last century. I’ll bet that leaves a lot of empty space underneath us for things to drop into.”
That could include sections of those tunnels linking the DUMBs. Any nearby fracking could also possibly affect them. I’m not saying it has, merely pointing out it’s a possibility.
I guess we’ll be seeing more green water in Florida again. Fukushima here we come!