If it wasn't bad enough that Florida's gambling cruise-to-nowhere industry is allowed to dump millions of gallons of sewage into the ocean waters just a few miles off shore from some of Florida's most popular beaches, now the state is sending sewage to the coral reef.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has regrettably approved a plan to build a new ocean discharge pipe that will dump sewage onto an ecologically sensitive coral reef. Sewage effluent is a major source of ammonia and other nutrient pollutants that fuel coral killing algae blooms. Surfrider Palm Beach is following this issue carefully.

For a state that depends on its thriving coastal communities that host millions of beachogers every year Florida's sewage dumping habits are sending its tourism economy straight down the toilet.

Now the Spills O' the Week:

Sewage Explosion: Construction crews widening a road in Gloucester, MA exploded 600 gallons of sewage into nearby Lobster Cove when a dynamite blast ruptured a sewage line. The spill led to "indefinite emergency" closure of the area's shellfishery.
- April 28, 2007 Gloucester Daily Times -Gloucester, MA

Rogers Park Dump Station: a "systems failure at the Rogers Park Pump Station led to a "significant" spill of raw sewage into Lake George in Boston Landing, NY. Lake George is a drinking water source for several area municipalities and yet the article makes no mention of public notification to boil water or avoid contact with Lake George.
- April 28, 2007 The Glen Falls Post Star - Glen Falls, NY

Santa Oh No: Six Thousand Gallons of sewage spilled out of townhouse in Santa Ana, CA forcing 100 people to evacuate their homes. A "blockage" in the home's plumbing caused the massive spill.
- April 29, 2007 CBS 2 - Los Angeles, CA

Mired Lake: A broken junction at a pump station caused a 500 gallon raw sewage "leak" into Meyers Lake in Argnetine Township, MI.
- April 30, 2007 The Flint Journal - Flint, MI

Poo-Mona: "Pipe failure" at a pump station caused a raw sewage spill into Minisceongo Creek in Pomona, NY. The creek feeds into New York's famous Hudson River. Area residents are taking extreme caution about coming into contact with the affected waters. "David Avdoyan, another resident of Ladentown Road, said he came home from work to find a lime-green substance in his pond." That's nasty.
- April 30, 2007 The Journal News - White Plains, NY