Poo-Nami: Six Years Later
St. Pete water infrastructure system a $3 billion “work-in-progress” By Jim McConville
CATHY SALUSTRI
The media learned about the 2015 raw sewage discharges before Mayor Rick Kriseman.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman says the city’s raw sewage discharge in August 2015 into Clam Bayou was a wakeup call for St. Petersburg to overhaul its aging infrastructure.
After more than a month of heavy rains overburdened wastewater systems across the Tampa Bay area, city officials had two unsavory options to choose from, Kriseman said during a press
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conference held at Clam Bayou on Nov. 15. Clam Bayou Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg is the last remaining tidal estuary on Boca Ciega Bay. “It was incredibly frustrating with the choices that we had to make at the time,” Kriseman told a crowd of roughly 30 reporters and onlookers. “Do we have raw sewage back up in the toilets in people’s homes and flow down the streets, or do we discharge partially treated wastewater into the bay? Neither option was good. Obviously, that’s the one we chose.” Kriseman told reporters gathered at the press conference he learned of the situation when Creative Loafing reporter Cathy Salustri called him to ask about the sewage discharge. While Kriseman said his office was unaware such city discharges were being made, he said the
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