The Perfect Storm - Meeting about Hillsborough River

SeminoleHeights.com has an article about a Townhall Meeting for the Hillsborough River.

"Now, we need your help to continue to bring attention to the River's health, and hold officials accountable to the ongoing care of the river. We are holding a community Town Hall Meeting and you are invited!"

Saturday, February 18 - 10 a.m. - Noon Sulphur Springs Harbor Club- 915 E. Grant St. on the Hillsborough River (Just East of Nebraska Ave. & I-275, Turn at red light at Nebraska and Sitka) Free coffee, donuts and River displays from 9 - 10 a.m. Refreshments after the meeting at noon"

This "Perfect Storm" is a convergence of three main issues:
How much water will be allowed to flow down the river at the Rowlett Park dam near Busch Gardens? That "minimum flow" maintains the health of the river as it flows
through the City and Downtown to become Tampa Bay.

Where will that water come from? What type of water will it be? How clean and fresh will it be? Tampa Bay Water proposes to use treated waste water to replace water they now take from the river. Treated waste water is what comes out of the sewage treatment facility. Even after they filter it, it still has 27 contaminating chemicals. Is it safe? No one knows!

Do we lower the environmental quality of the river by cutting the amount of oxygen required in the river in half? Cutting oxygen hurts life. Think algae bloom! Think red tide! Think more smelly dead fish floating in the river and bay! "