PETITION
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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 partially treated sewage effluent to travel
through porous limestone to reach our coastal
waters, beaches and reefs.
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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.