PETITION
​Pollution Free is the way to be!
Stop Shallow Sewage Wells!
To the EPA & Florida Department of Environmental Protection,
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Please stop permitting the use of shallow sewage wells in the Florida Keys.
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Property values, our tourist industry, the health of all who use our nearshore waters are at risk. Our coastal waters and our reefs are what make the Keys the Keys.
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Shallow sewage wells:
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Pollute our coastal waters – the nursery for marine life.
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Allow sewage effluent to travel through our porous limestone and contaminate our drinking water aquifers and our coastal waters. Pesticides, pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs, hormones, "forever chemicals", and heavy metals are already in our drinking water.
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Soon, we'll be drinking partially treated sewage effluent that has been discharged into our coastal waters, run through reverse osmosis, and blended with our rapidly diminished and already contaminated drinking water aquifer.
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Contribute to Keys-wide and decades-long non-compliance with federal and state water quality laws and consistently deteriorating water quality trends.