IP Cantonment mill spills nearly 2 million gallons of wastewater into Eleven Mile Creek

(This article has been updated with a statement from an IP spokesperson)

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is reporting that International Paper in Cantonment spilled nearly 2 million gallons of treated wastewater and stormwater into Elevenmile Creek after heavy rain.

According to FDEP’s notice, the overflow of the approximately 1.98 million gallons of a wastewater and stormwater mixture was released into Elevenmile Creek from its Cantonment mill site…

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