Ed Tichenor, AKA Palm Beach County Reef Rescue, Has been
fighting the Delray/Boynton Sewer plant with surprising success.
His latest release follows:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Maybe the Dingo Ate your Baby

Boynton Beach, Florida - September 2, 2005

Sewer Plant Snubs FDEP and Blames Algae Bloom on Global Warming

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection directed the
Delray/Boynton Sewer Plant to prove that their discharge of
millions of gallons per day of
sewage into the Atlantic Ocean was not the cause of an algae
bloom killing the
coral reef down current of the ocean outfall pipe.  Under the
Federal "Clean
Water Act" sewer plants are required to demonstrate that their
discharges do
not degrade the receiving environment. Since March of 2002 the
coral reef
immediately down current of the sewer outfall has been plagued
by an algae bloom
which has killed as much as 90% of some coral species on Gulf
Stream Reef in
Boynton Beach, Florida.

In June 2005 the Delray/Boynton Sewer Plant applied for a new
federal permit
to allow for the discharge of up to 26 million gallons per day
of partially
treated sewage offshore of the Delray, Atlantic Ave. bathing
beach and directly
into the near-shore coral reef ecosystem.  The sewer plant
currently
discharges an average of 13 million gallons per day.  As
required by the "Clean Water
Act" the FDEP ordered the sewer plant to perform testing of the
coral reef to
demonstrate the discharge of sewage was not the cause of the
deadly algae
bloom.

In an August 2005 letter the sewer plant did admit to five past
violations of
their permit for discharging excessive solids into the ocean but
stopped
short of taking responsibility for the algae bloom.  Their
letter to the FDEP
suggested the cause of the algae bloom, which is only found on
the coral reef down
current of the outfall, may be the result of such things as:
global warming,
dust from the Sahara Desert and lack of algae eating fish.

Interview contact: Ed Tichenor, Director
Palm Beach County Reef Rescue
Telephone: 561 699-8559
Email: etichscuba@aol.com

Palm Beach County Reef Rescue
PO Box 207
Boynton Beach, Florida 33425
Phone 561 699-8559
Fax 561 364-5951
Web site: www.reef-rescue.org