Florida cracked down on dirty runoff. Now, it may give polluters a workaround

Tampa Bay Times · 17h ago

In a reckoning with Florida’s rampant development, state lawmakers took steps in recent years to crack down on dirty water running off of new roads, parking lots and buildings and into rivers, lakes and estuaries. The latest measure drew bipartisan support. “Stormwater is a major, major source of nutrient pollution in our waterways,” Sen. Gayle Harrell, a Republican who sponsored the 2024 bill,…

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Florida cracked down on dirty runoff. Now, it may give polluters a workaround

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