Imagine a picturesque rural area lined with orange orchards, fields and the Green Swamp. Now add a 220-foot pile of trash that occupies 1,069 acres in the middle of that scene. It makes for a very unpleasant picture. But that’s exactly the scene that Angelo’s Aggregate Materials wants to bring to rural Pasco County.
This inexperienced private company has never operated this type of facility before. Their landfill would not only damage the surrounding community but could put our drinking water supplies at risk. And it’s not just Pasco that would suffer the consequences. The Green Swamp basin feeds the Withlacoochee and Hillsborough rivers, and the Swamp is only about a mile from this proposed site. The entire region is at risk.
Who we are:
We are the Protectors of Florida's Legacy. Our group is made up of long-time residents, property owners and concerned parents. We believe that, as a community we need to make decisions that benefit the community and the region. In keeping with that belief, we feel obligated to oppose a privately owned Class 1 landfill along the Green Swamp Basin. This project is more than a threat to the community. It impacts the entire region.
Business and residents near the landfill can expect to see their property values drop. Landfills bring an increase in traffic problems, odors and vermin.
But most importantly, it’s not good for our environment.
Placing a landfill in an area that has experienced sinkholes—and is near an area of critical State concern such as the Green Swamp—is a bad idea. It puts our local and regional drinking water supplies at risk. This is because the swamp feeds the Hillsborough and Withlacoochee Rivers, which provide water to a number of downstream communities/suppliers, such as the City of Tampa and Tampa Bay Water.
This isn’t just a local problem, it is a regional one. Anything that happens in this area has the potential to impact the entire region’s water supply as well as wildlife along our rivers. We need your support to show our local, regional and state officials that a landfill is not in the region’s best interest.
What’s at risk?
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Water quality & groundwater recharge
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Wildlife
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Local businesses
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Roadways
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Pasco County’s solid waste program
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Quality of life
The time for action
is NOW!
Please contact your state and county officials as soon as possible and let them know that you don’t want your region’s water, wildlife, and economy threatened by a landfill.
Governor Charlie Crist
charlie.crist@myflorida.com
Department of
Environmental Protection
Secretary Mike Sole
michael.sole@dep.state.fl.us