JP Sasser was right! It's the septic tanks destroying the Indian River Lagoon

[The blog post below was originally posted in May. Now comes this article from TCPalm titled, "Research: Septic systems ‘primary' source of river, reef pollution". The research hasn't been released as yet but hopefully this will get the Treasure Coast to finally install a county-wide sewer system for the sake of the lagoon and the environment. Here is the blog post from last May:]

On the heels of the grief at The Palm Beach Post over the end of the "sheet flow" debate the focus may now shift to our friends north and east of Lake Okeechobee. Here is how I ended my post from yesterday, 5/15, on the end of the Everglades land buy and the grief at the Post:

Now about all those septic tanks . . .

And wouldn't you know it, the VERY NEXT DAY this "Point Of View" appears in the Post editorial page by JP Sasser, the former Mayor of Pahokee:

JP Sasser was right all along.

Here is an excerpt from Mr. Sasser's contribution to the debate (with emphasis in red):

     The final point was that the cities of Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay pumped our raw sewage into the lake. We have had modern centralized sewer systems for over 40 years.
     The Treasure Coast needs to look in the mirror. Some waters in Florida are polluted with human fecal matter — particularly the IRL.
     “Buy the land and send water south” is not the only road to water salvation.
     My question is: When are we going to get serious about our water? Florida’s agriculture-industry pollution is regulated statewide and has to meet specific limits. Our septic tanks are not held to the same requirements.

The following video has nothing to do with this debate but it is an interesting look back at the political career of JP Sasser: