The groundwater pollution legacy of Piney Point phosphate continues and is expanding to other parts of Florida. Florida approved pumping millions of gallons of phosphate wastewater into a deep well in 2021, marking the first time phosphate wastewater was allowed to be deep-well injected in the state.
Additional plans to inject polluted wastewater are now being reviewed at other locations in Florida. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is taking comments on Mosaic’s draft permit to drill deep injection wells at two plants in Polk County.
Public comments on these proposals can be submitted to Richard Lobinske through Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025…