Contaminated Acidic Wastewater Dumped into Floridan Aquifer via Huge Sinkhole - Mulberry, Florida

Mosaic plant sinkhole dumps 215 million gallons of reprocessed water into Floridan Aquifer (w/video) [Christopher O'DONNELL, Tampa Bay Times; September 16, 2016]
http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/mosaic-plant-sinkhole-dumps-215-million-gallons-of-reprocessed-water-into/2293845

Sinkhole at Phosphate plant dumps 215 million gallons of acidic water into Floridan aquifer
(Monivette CORDIERO, Orlando Weekly/WFLA News; September 16, 2016)
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/09/16/sinkhole-at-phosphate-plant-dumps-215-million-gallons-of-acidic-water-into-floridian-aquifer

Selected Publications:


Nuclide migration and the environmental radiochemistry of Florida phosphogypsum
(BURNETT and ELZERMAN, 2001)
http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/33/016/33016282.pdf

Potential Uses of Phosphogypsum and Associated Risks
(U. S. EPA 402-R92-002; May 1992)
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-07/documents/0000055v.pdf

Websites:


Phosphogypsum
[International Fertilizer Association (IFA)]
http://www.fertilizer.org/Phosphogypsum

Radioactive Material from Fertilizer Production
(RadTown USA - U. S. EPA)
https://www3.epa.gov/radtown/fertilizer-production.html


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