Florida Waters

Manatee County officials are looking forward to the next chapter in the saga.

There is no easy test or treatment for nontuberculosis mycobacteria, or NTM. It can be transmitted through the water supply, but little is known about exactly where it lurks.

Hernando County hopes the designation will curtail the degradation of the natural resource.

Sarasota, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties spilled more than nine million gallons of wastewater from sewage plants in 2020.