story about florida coral on cable

[figuerres]

just now I saw a dan rather reporting on HD Net...

it showed reefs on the east coast and into the keys.

ugly damage, one kind of cyano bloom that they think may be linked to tumors on turtules and dolphins.
it has toxins that promote tumor growth....
Yuck

one person, I think from the epa was saying "we need more science" but I do not need more study to know that N2 or N3 levels at 100 times normal has got to be bad and needs to stop!

they showded something that I bet most folks would freak out if they saw....

a partly treated *LEGAL* sewage pipe dumping into the atlantic off shore from a public beach where folks swim!

ok most of the time it's going out to the atlantic... but some times its going to wash the other way.... Yuck!

but the real problem is that the N2/N3 level of that stuff is like 1000 times normal....

we reefkeepers know how that will kill coral and grow cyano and macro alge.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

By 2010, all sewage must be self-contained, and will no longer be allowed to dump into the ocean.

So that is a small victory for Florida's reefs...

 

[figuerres]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12708391#post12708391 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by AuroraDrvr
By 2010, all sewage must be self-contained, and will no longer be allowed to dump into the ocean.

So that is a small victory for Florida's reefs...

Yeah, next to get the nit. and phos out of the discharges ... storm drains with runoff from lawns etc....

it all adds up.

 

[dtech]

It's sad to see all of that happening. It also pains to see people want to keep researching "what to do." when as stated above any reef keeper knows what to do. I'm sure we would all be more than happy to give them the advice they need.

 

[figuerres]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12750418#post12750418 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dtech
It's sad to see all of that happening. It also pains to see people want to keep researching "what to do." when as stated above any reef keeper knows what to do. I'm sure we would all be more than happy to give them the advice they need.

political and goverment cr@p

and the "american way" so many folks are so used to things that they don't know the impact ... and short term thinking...

someone has to start taking a long term view and tell folks that if they want to live in some places it will cost more or require a long term change in how they live.

All the green lawns, the wasted water etc....