Brevard Mystery Sludge Identified
POSTED: Sunday, July 6, 2003
UPDATED: 11:10 pm EDT July 8,2003
INDIALANTIC, Fla. -- The rust-colored sludge that invaded Brevard County, Fla., beaches is algae and not human waste, according to tests performed in the area.
For the fourth day in a row, lifeguards closed a stretch of shoreline near Canova Beach because of the floating, frothy mass.Lifeguards have been telling beachgoers it's sewage, possibly dumped from cruise ships but test results show it is an algae bloom."We didn't find the presence of sewage in the orange mass that's been off of our coast for several days," Brevard Health Department spokeswoman Cheryl Dunn said. "We did identify an algae bloom."Samples of the water were sent to a lab in Volusia County earlier this week and also to the Florida Marine Research Institute in St. Petersburg.
Lifeguards originally notified the county's hazardous materials team Friday when the suspicious 10- to 20-mile-long, 10-foot-wide stream was first spotted washing up on the beach.A quarter-mile-long patch of the goo was sited near the Volusia County line Monday about two miles offshore.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Brevard Beach Goo Is Algae BloomLifeguards originally notified the county's hazardous materials team Friday when the suspicious 10- to 20-mile-long, 10-foot-wide stream was first spotted washing up on the beach.A quarter-mile-long patch of the goo was sited near the Volusia County line Monday about two miles offshore.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.Copyright 2007 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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