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FDEP: Gulf Power Releases 307K Gallons Of Reuse Water; Diesel Spill At Cantonment Plant
February 7, 2020
Gulf Power released hundreds of thousands of gallons of water meant for reuse into an area that drains into the Escambia River Thursday as the result of heavy rainfall, and there was a small diesel spill in the parking lot of a Cantonment manufacturing plant, according to reports from the Florida Department of Environmental Management.
Gulf Power Crist Plant
About 307,000 gallons of water stored for reuse was released as a result of a pond overflowing following the heavy rainfall at Gulf Power’s Plant Crist. The event was discovered about 6:20 a.m. Thursday and was stopped by 11 a.m. The water was released to the surrounding area that ultimately drains to Escambia River.
Gulf Power constructed a berm across the pond overflow structure and began pumping water to adjacent permitted ponds.
CEREX Advanced Fabrics
The diesel fuel spill occurred at CEREX Advanced Fabrics on Chemstrand Road Thursday afternoon.
A saddle tank on a vendor’s truck was punctured in a parking lot. Approximately 25 gallons of diesel were released during heavy rain, according to a FDEP report. The hole in the tank was plugged, pads and booms were deployed to capture floating liquids, stormwater drainage gates were shuttered and vacuum trucks were deployed to remove any fuel observed.
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2 Responses to “FDEP: Gulf Power Releases 307K Gallons Of Reuse Water; Diesel Spill At Cantonment Plant”
I wonder how long it will be until the locals will be unable to use our lovely local resources, such as Escamvia River, for camping, hiking, fishing, and hunting because of the chemical fertilizers causing algae bloom, and chemical pesticides that usually wind up in our local bodies of water, and the dumping of “stored water” and whatever else winds up in the water that we have no idea about by the mills and plants.
But we’re not about to try and make a change, that would be too inconvenient to worry about the future of our land/children’s land or resources.
And it would cost too much money, like the arm and leg we’re already paying companies like Gulf Power.
I remember when we had pride in where we grew up and the ability to have such a wonderful life in the “country.” I believe all we take pride in now is the almighty dollar.
life in the big city, eh?