The reservoir is seen in an aerial photograph taken in Piney Point, Florida. Photo: ReutersEmergency crews have laboured around the clock to prevent the collapse of a wastewater reservoir's leaky containment wall near Tampa Bay, Florida, and made steady progress after officials warned of an imminent threat of flooding over the weekend. The US Army Corps of Engineers worked with local public safety teams to drain the Piney Point reservoir, which holds about 480 million gallons, in a bid to prevent a major breach that could unleash a cascade of wastewater into the surrounding area, officials said. "The biggest concern from our standpoint right now is the amount of nutrients being loaded into the lower Tampa Bay," Ed Sherwood, executive director of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, told radio station WMNF on Sunday. "Just the fact that we're running water into the Tampa Bay is not a great thing," Buchanan said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 06, 2021 00:22 UTC