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 [...]

AWSP ED urges Florida legislature to Fund Wastewater Infrastructure Authored by the American Water Security Project’s executive director Dr. Brandon D. Shuler, ‘Legislators must fully fund environmental restoration’ originally appeared in the Orlando Sentinel March 29, 2018. American Water Security Project executive director, Dr. Brandon D. Shuler. On Tuesday, the Florida Ocean Alliance [...]

AWSP Announces 2019 Florida Legislative Agenda Dr. Brandon D. Shuler Executive Director American Water Security Project 5315 1st Avenue South Saint Petersburg, Florida 33707 March 25, 2019 Dear Governor DeSantis and Florida legislators: The American Water Security Project appreciates the Governor’s and the legislature‘s recognition that Florida’s economic health depends upon clean water, key environmental [...]

AWSP Forges National Identity The American Water Security Project strives to be the leader in promoting, through education and advocacy, the need for sewage and wastewater infrastructure upgrades and repairs, ethical treatment and pretreatment of used water and human waste, and the protection of the nation’s drinking waters and waterbodies from human-borne wastewater pathogens and [...]

Aging Florida sewage systems pose threats to health—and tourism, real estate Authored by the American Water Security Project’s executive director Dr. Brandon D. Shuler, ‘Aging Florida sewage systems pose threats to health—and tourism, real estate’ originally appeared in the Orlando Sentinel October, 10, 2018. A drainage ditch filled with garbage, overgrown vegetation and stagnant [...]