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MIAMI (Reuters) - The sun-drenched beaches of southeast Florida lure tourists from all over the world. But few of them may realize that a torrent of human waste is dumped silently every day into the seemingly pristine waters offshore.
Every day, three densely populated counties pump into the Atlantic Ocean a total of at least 300 million gallons of partially treated urban waste water, too polluted even for watering lawns.
The dumping takes place in a state heavily dependent on tourism and the patronage of international celebrities and the wealthy who maintain homes there.
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Reuters Florida Moves to Curb Ocean Sewage Dumping
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Florida Moves to Curb Ocean Sewage Dumping
By Tom Brown
Reuters, 4/22/08
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