'20-Foot Wall of Water' Could Be Unleashed if Florida Phosphate Pond Collapses, Official Warns
At a Glance The Manatee County pond holds wastewater from phosphate fertilizer manufacturing.The pond breached Friday and officials warned Saturday it could collapse at any minute.A county official said 340 million gallons of wastewater could flow out of the pond in minutes.Florida has about 25 of these wastewater ponds that sit atop gypsum stacks. Others have breached before. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest on the Piney Point phosphate pond, click here. A 20-foot-tall wall of...