A troublesome pond at the former Piney Point fertilizer processing plant that has caused environmental disaster multiple times over the decades in Manatee County will soon be filled once and for all.

The Piney Point facility has not operated since then-owner Mulberry Corp. filed for bankruptcy in 2001, but large ponds of contaminated wastewater that remained at the facility have continued to be at the center of environmental disasters in Manatee County. The facility last breached in 2021, when it released about 215 million gallons of polluted wastewater into Tampa Bay , leading Florida legislators to pledge about $210 million toward the permanent closure of the facility.

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