Piney Point

A federal judge ruled in favor of environmental groups that sued the Piney Point phosphate plant. Millions of gallons of polluted water flowed into Tampa Bay in 2021.

Environmental groups and the state have reached a settlement over management of a former phosphate plant site that leaked millions of gallons of wastewater in 2021.

Florida is home to 24 phosphogypsum (PG) stacks. PG is a radioactive, solid waste byproduct. The House has approved a bill to study whether PG could be used in road construction.

The state expects to put more than $115 million toward closing the site of a former phosphate plant where a reservoir leak set off a wastewater crisis in Manatee County.