The commissioners were sent an email clarifying some information about the discharges from IP. Some had mistakenly claimed that the process water was going directly into 11-mile creek, which is inaccurate. The discharges, since 2012, have been piped to a 1400 acre wetland facility, two miles north of Perdido Bay. From the email:
"IP discharges
their effluent 14,000 feet north of Perdido Bay at the northeastern corner of a
1400-acre wetland. This is the compliance point where FDEP assesses the
quality of IP’s effluent. At this “end of pipe” compliance point, IP’s
effluent does not meet state water quality standards for discharge to
wetlands. The parameters of exceedance at the compliance point include
pH, specific conductance (sodium), and dissolved oxygen. Monitoring data
also indicates there may be issues with turbidity and wetland insect toxicity
testing results at the “end of pipe”. This water quality information was
emailed to you on June 7th, 2019. After discharge from the
pipe, the effluent sheet flows across 1400 acres of wetlands where additional
biological and vegetative treatment occurs before the effluent reaches the
surface waters of Perdido Bay. The 2018 water quality monitoring data
from the 5 surface water sites in Perdido Bay (shown on the attached map as
PB-01, PB-02, PB-03, PB-04, and PB-05) meet all state water quality standards
with no violations."
2 comments:
Wow , all that science stuff. I have lived here since 1983 and recreated on Perdido Bay extensively. I was always told the coffee water was just tannin from the mill and harmless. The "lost" bay looks like no other similar body of water in this region. Okay, maybe the similar ECUA sewage plant (where wetlands filter) is to blame for the lousy fishing (relatively speaking). The color of the water is not natural, but maybe the fish are color blind. Just saying ??
The results based on “relaxed levels”......
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