The Florida Chamber of Commerce on clean, affordable water and the "smoking gun" destroying the Indian River Lagoon

Below is a video from the Florida Chamber of Commerce:
The Florida Chamber of Commerce published an article on their website titled, "Septic Tank Pollution Threatening Indian River Lagoon [IRL]". Here is a short excerpt:

"Harbor Branch marine biologist Dr. Brian Lapointe describes sewage nitrogen as 'the smoking gun' threatening the lagoon."

This is nothing new to many people throughout Florida, including the former Mayor of Pahokee, JP Sasser. Below are some of the bullet points from the article published by the Florida Chamber of Commerce:

• An analysis by Florida Today found septic tanks contribute an estimated 2 million pounds of nitrogen in the lagoon per year.
• Nitrogen promotes the growth of algae, which suffocates seagrass needed to sustain lagoon life.
• Thousands of the septic tanks near the lagoon are located at homes built before 1983, the cutoff when state law increased septic tank setbacks from the water and the distance between drain fields and the water table.
• Many of the septic tanks are old and malfunctioning. State health officials estimate up to 10 percent of Florida’s 2.6 million septic tanks are failing.

Stay tuned, as they say.