Sarasota Bay remains healthy after 14,000-gallon wastewater spill, environmental experts say

The Brief

  • On Sunday, the city of Sarasota reported a 14,000 raw wastewater spill into Sarasota Bay from West John Ringling Causeway Park.
  • The city said erosion from Hurricane Milton shifted the ground where a wastewater valve was located.
  • Despite the spill, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program said the bay’s health is in a much better state compared to 2013 to 2019.

SARASOTA, Fla. On the water, the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program keeps track of Sarasota Bay’s health. What they have seen is a bay that is bouncing back and filled with life.

Sarasota Bay does still face some challenges.

Like a wastewater spill on Sunday, under the Ringling Bridge.

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