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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.

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • Contribute to Keys-wide and decades-long non-compliance with federal and state water quality laws and consistently deteriorating water quality trends.

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Sponsored by:
Florida Bay Forever, Florida Keys Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Florida Keys Citizens Coalition, Florida Keys Environmental Fund Inc., Friends of the Lower Keys (FOLKs), Key Deer Protection Alliance, Inc. (KDPA), Last Stand, Reef Relief, Save Summerland Native Areas, Stock Island Association (SIA), Upper Keys Citizens Association, Cudjoe Gardens Property Owners Association (CGPOA), Sugarloaf Shores Property Owners Association (SSPOA), Surfrider Foundation Florida Keys.

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ABOUT US >

FOLKs is a group of concerned residents who want to preserve the low-density community character and improve the nearshore water quality of the Keys. Our fragile environment cannot stand more development: the marine ecosystem is continuing to deteriorate even without additional development. NO to shallow sewage wells!

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