Tell Santa Rosa to Keep Our Water Safe!

The Santa Rosa County Commission is considering changing County rules to let mining companies invade the East Milton Wellfield Protection Area, which supplies clean drinking water to 100,000 Santa Rosa citizens.

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• The East Milton Wellfield Protection Area was enacted to shield the aquifer that over a dozen present or planned drinking water wells draw from. EPA-funded research, along with input from utility companies and area residents, contributed to the decision.
• By contrast, Santa Rosa County relied on zero data or analysis to support its proposed change, which violates Florida law. Instead, County staff was simply “directed” by a Commissioner to allow mineral exploration.
• After the land was protected, a mining company bought it at a bargain price. Now that same miner is trying to lift the protection to increase the value of his land, abetted by his friends on the County Commission, to whom he has donated heavily.
• Santa Rosa residents have already funded more than $32 million of infrastructure improvements to the area – a sound investment – and no private property rights are infringed by maintaining the protections.
• The water pollution that mineral exploration could bring isn’t just hypothetical – hundreds of drinking water wells across Florida have been ruined by the industry already.

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The decisive meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 25th. Whether in-person or virtually, make your voice heard to Save Our Drinking Water!