(Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP) Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald/AP The pond where the leak was discovered is at the old Piney Point phosphate mine, sitting in a stack of phosphogypsum, a waste product from manufacturing fertilizer that is radioactive. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency Saturday after a significant leak at a large pond of wastewater threatened to flood roads and burst a system that stores polluted waters. This photo taken by a drone shows the old Piney Point phosphate mine, Saturday, Apin Bradenton, Fla. Red tide is caused by the Karenia brevis species while a report issued to Manatee County commissioners recently identified the cyanobacteria Lyngbya as the cause for the local blue green algae outbreak. Red tide and blue algae come from different microorganisms. Petersburg for 15 years but said he has been fishing the waters of Tampa Bay for 30 years. “I believe red tide is going to be here with us every summer,” said Rafael Rios, who has owned a charter fishing boat out of St. Many of those who make their living on the water are fairly sanguine about it. Whether they’re moving in for the summer or just teasing remains to be seen. And it causes major problems.īoth types of algae bloom are starting to make their presence known along some of southwestern Florida’s most beautiful shorelines. The colorfully named, obnoxious – and sometimes deadly – microorganisms known as red tide and blue green algae also take advantage of the change in temperature to proliferate. It’s not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer.
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