Powerful group of ‘friends' help protect Loch Haven Chain of Lakes
A stinky, avoidable sewage spill has fostered one of the most potent environmental citizen action groups to come along in quite awhile in Central F...
A stinky, avoidable sewage spill has fostered one of the most potent environmental citizen action groups to come along in quite awhile in Central Florida – the Friends of the Loch Haven Chain of Lakes. Already with hundreds of members and a recent state allocation of nearly $1.5 million for solutions, the group's 'not-in-my-backyard focus' is on what nobody wants: ruinous water pollution that afflicts springs, streams, rivers, lakes and coastal waters across Florida. The group's catalyst was a 2020 summer thunderstorm's lightning strike at one of Orlando's modern sewage pumping stations – at the corner of Mills Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, and viewable by Orlando Museum of Art patrons.