FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Terry Gibson, American Water Security Project Phone: (772) 285-7683 Email: tgibson@awsproject.org Fl Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Landmark Water Bill AWSP applauds strong policy/record funding for policies to clean waterways [St Petersburg, Florida, February 21, 2020] — Senator Debbie Mayfield (R-Indialantic) introduced a last-minute set of amendments that improved the comprehensive “Clean [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Contact: Terry Gibson, American Water Security Project Phone: (772) 285-7683   Email: tgibson@awsproject.org Statement on Fort Lauderdale’s Sewage System Failures City has spilled 126.9 million gallons of sewage in the past three weeks [St Petersburg, Florida, 9 January 2020] — Six major sewer main failures in three weeks have [...]

American Water Security Project's science director Dr. Peter Barile and legislative director Terry Gibson appeared on Emerger Strategies award-winning The Sustainable Angler Podcast in December. Give it a listen. In this episode of The Sustainable Angler Podcast, I interview Dr. Peter Barile and Terry Gibson from the American Water Security Project. As you probably already [...]

Authored by the American Water Security Project’s science director Dr. Peter Barile, ‘Fix Florida's sewage and harmful algae bloom problems’ originally appeared in the Sun Sentinel November 8, 2019. Dr. Peter Barile, AWSP Science Director The third-largest coral reef on the planet, the Florida Reef Tract, spanning from the Dry Tortugas to Stuart, has succumbed [...]

Authored by the American Water Security Project’s steering committee member Robert Young, ‘Put wastewater improvements first in climate resiliency planning' originally appeared in the Tampa Bay Times October 29, 2019. American Water Security Project Steering Committee Member, Rob Young Around the state, Florida’s aging, inadequate wastewater collection and treatment systems are failing, and will [...]

Authored by the American Water Security Project’s Board Chair Kirk Mantay, ‘Wastewater: Our everywhere crisis' originally appeared in Hatch Magazine August 20, 2019. AWSP Board Chair, Kirk Mantay. Many of us would call our journey through avocations such as hunting or fishing a quest for purity. In my case, it’s a search for something more certain [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2019 Contact: Dr. Brandon D. Shuler Phone: (832) 603-378 bdshuler@awsproject.org American Water Security Project Introduces Science & Infrastructure Advisory Panel Members Saint Petersburg, FL – The American Water Security Project, a coalition of industry leaders, policy experts, and scientists working to promote the urgent need for wastewater infrastructure upgrades to [...]

Kirk Mantay, PWS, Coastal Systems Ecologist Steering Committee Chair American Water Security Project 5315 1st Avenue South St. Petersburg, Florida 33707 16 April 2019 Dear Governor DeSantis, President of Senate Galvano, Speaker Oliva, Secretary Valenstein, Florida legislators, and Brevard County Commission: As the Chair of the American Water Security Project’s steering committee and an ecological [...]

Florida’s ‘Oceans Day’ Priorities, authored by the American Water Security Project’s legislative director, Terry Gibson originally appeared in the Marine Fish Conservation Network’s On the Waterfront, April 2, 2019. Each Florida legislative session, the Florida Ocean Alliance, a coalition of research institutions, coastal and marine business interests, and conservation groups, organizes “Oceans Day” in the [...]

Fix Florida's wastewater infrastructure American Water Security Project's communications and outreach director Caroline Smith authored 'Fix Florida's wastewater infrastructure' for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. The original appeared March 31, 2019. American Water Security Project's communication and outreach director, Caroline Smith. As a mother and professional photographer who depends upon clean water to recreate and [...]