Florida’s coast has been blanketed with algae blooms in the last couple of years. It was the talk at the state capitol in Tallahassee, and early in the year there was hope that bills addressing these water problems would become law. That didn’t happen when the legislative session ended in May.
Only one bill, HB 973, made it to the floor of the House, and that bill incorporated ideas from several others. Yet there is still reason for hope, says Roxanne Groover, executive director of the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association.
“What we saw was a tremendous amount of discussion with new
