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Thousands of gallons of sewage spilled upstream from Clearwater’s new manatee protection zone

The spill was relatively small, but activists say the city should upgrade its infrastructure to prevent things like this from happening again.

Environmental advocates are asking the City of Clearwater to prioritize its water treatment infrastructure after a sewage spill contaminated a manatee protection zone last week. A power failure at the Marshall Street Water Reclamation Facility caused sewage to back up and overflow through a nearby manhole early Saturday morning. Over the next 30 minutes, an […]

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