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Florida waterdo12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Saur told reporters at a press conference Monday afternoon that the inmates have been transported and "are safe." "As an added precaution we have the ability to move another 200 inmates to another facility (undisclosed at this time) if needed." "Deputies are working on getting an additional 34 inmates awaiting prison sentences (currently on hold for COVID protocols) transferred to the Florida Department of Corrections," the office told CBS News. The inmates will be housed separately from Polk County inmates, according to the sheriff's office. On Monday, however, the sheriff's office told CBS News that it had moved just 267 inmates "based on risk factors involving inmate classification." The inmates, the office said, were transported to a correctional facility in Polk County, and all inmates tested negative for COVID-19 prior to leaving. According to a map of the current evacuation zone around Piney Point reservoir in Florida, pictured on right, the Manatee County Jail, location shown on left via Google Maps, is well within the zone. On Sunday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office told CBS News it would move 345 of the more than 1,000 inmates to an undisclosed but "secure" location as part of its effort to "free up bed space" for the remaining 721 inmates on the upper level of the jail. Manatee County Public Safety Department said that 316 households are within the full evacuation area.ĭespite the mandatory evacuations for local residents, officials have not fully evacuated Manatee County Jail, which lies within the evacuation zone. Mandatory evacuations were extended an additional half mile west and one mile southwest of the site on Saturday evening. Surrounding stretches of highway were also closed to traffic, but reopened on Tuesday. Saturday, evacuation orders were extended to people within one mile north of the reservoir's stacks of phosphogypsum - a fertilizer waste product - and those within half a mile to the south of the site. Manatee County Public Safety Department initially sent out emergency evacuation notices on Friday for those who were within half a mile of Piney Point, and by 11 a.m. John Truitt, deputy secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, told commissioners Tuesday morning that there is no change in the stability of the gypsum stacks and that seepage rates aren't changing, which is "good news." To sign up for these updates via email, please visit: /1Bbr4xdbIJ- Florida DEP News April 5, 2021 #PineyPointUpdate Our daily update for Apcan be found below. Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge said on Tuesday that the water they are "putting into Tampa Bay is the least of the evils," and that what they are dealing with is "high levels of nutrients." Water sample results are now available online, although the nutrient composition does not yet appear to be available. Water sampled from the breached pond on Monday indicates that the water is not radioactive, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said on Monday, and the department is collaborating with surrounding counties and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program to sample water from 11 locations and obtain water quality information. There are two drone teams deployed monitoring the situation. There are currently about 300 million gallons of water remaining in the reservoir, and officials are pumping out about 23,500 gallons per minute, Hopes told commissioners on Tuesday. Officials are pumping the breached water into a 35 million gallon pond that has a liner in it and has not been used at the Piney Point site. Water from the existing breach was previously emptying into Piney Point Creek, but Hopes said on Tuesday that this was no longer the case, and that the water is instead being diverted. "A portion of the containment wall at the leak site shifted laterally," said Manatee Director of Public Safety Jake Saur, "signifying that structural collapse could occur at any time." The Manatee County Public Safety Department told people near the plant to evacuate due to an "imminent uncontrolled release of wastewater." Residents fear what lies ahead as wastewater continues to leakĬounty officials said the pond, located at the former Piney Point phosphate processing plant, had a "significant leak," according to CBS affiliate WTSP-TV.Floridians evacuated from Piney Point area can now return home - but the reservoir is still leaking. ![]() Hundreds of residents in Manatee County, Florida, were ordered to evacuate their homes over Easter weekend as officials feared that a wastewater pond could collapse "at any time." On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for the area, and the local state of emergency was extended by county commissioners on Tuesday. Toxic wastewater reservoir in Florida on brink of collapse 02:13 ![]()
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