PETITION
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Pollution Free is the way to be!
Stop Shallow Sewage Wells!
FDEP & EPA,
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Please require the City of Marathon to use a deep well for disposal of sewage effluent.
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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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Marathon's shallow sewage wells:
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Pollute our coastal waters – the nursery for
marine life.
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Allow partially treated sewage effluent to travel
through porous limestone to reach our coastal
waters and reefs.
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Contribute to Marathon's decades-long non-compliance
with federal and state water quality laws and consistent
deteriorating water quality trends.
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Impact all of us in the Keys: "What happens in Marathon doesn't stay in Marathon!"
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