The agency so far has refused to make water testing data and other public records available to The Associated Press. The DEP, meanwhile, is separately taking and testing samples from private wells. That water has since flowed down into an aquifer that stretches beneath Florida and southern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It’s still hurricane season in Florida and heavy rains could wash more contaminated waste down the hole. “Any storm is going to add water to the mix, and that water will continue to flow though that sinkhole until we plug it,” Barron said.

Source: National Post September 29, 2016 18:56 UTC