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Andy Mele
Nov 13, 20228 min read
Peace River Water Quality: Toxic Inputs, Fate of Contaminants, and Monitoring
Originally Published as a letter from the Waterkeeper to the Desoto County Commissioners, 1/13/2021 Background Florida’s water quality...
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GM Media Group
Sep 29, 20222 min read
Managing Nutrients to Save Charlotte County’s Estuaries and Economy
A Report for: The Peace Myakka Waterkeeper By: Dr. William (Coty) Keller, Mr. Andre Mele and Ms. Judy Ott September 13, 2022 Executive...
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GM Media Group
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Water Quality Report: JUNE 2022
“We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us” This quote, a slight variation on Oliver Hazard Perry’s “We have met the enemy and he is ours,” from...
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Andy Mele
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Partial List of Mine, Clay Pond, Chemical Plant, and Gypsum Failures
Pre-strip-mining, clay ponds were smaller and gypstacks were fewer and smaller. There were many clay spills anecdotally referred to in...
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Andy Mele
Apr 12, 20213 min read
The Lessons of Piney Point
Piney Point is a small mountain of waste phosphogypsum called a “gypstack,” with earthwork berm-retained lakes on top for settling out...
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