TAMPA, Fla — This year’s leak at Piney Point definitely got people’s attention when it comes to gypsum stacks in our area. And now one of the biggest stacks in Florida — also with a history of issues ...

Against Florida’s naturally flat landscapes, the towering stack is impossible to miss from some homes in nearby Riverview, the Village and two newly constructed complexes on the fence line. At 367 ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Editor's Note: The video in the player above is from when Mosaic's New Wales facility received a permit to expand on Oct. 15. After quietly being given the go-ahead by the Florida ...

Another major milestone has been accomplished at Piney Point, where the first of four ponds has been closed for good after an environmental disaster in Manatee County. Site operators are growing more ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — There are 25 gypsum stacks across the state of Florida, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. One of the four active stacks is located in ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — An investigation is examining potential issues with the repairs to the massive sinkhole that opened at the gypsum stack at Mosaic's New Wales phosphate mining facility in August ...

Engineers say a leak in one of Piney Point’s reservoirs threatens to destabilize the whole system, but it isn’t the first time the pond has been a cause for concern in recent months. Since July, site ...

Manatee County’s Emergency Management Team has responded to the scene to assist on-site. While crews continue to relieve water from the pond, Hopes said crews are actively trying to back up support of ...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA) — The immediate danger of a total collapse of the Piney Point gypsum stack appears to be over. The evacuation order for more than 300 hundred homes and businesses has been lifted ...

A massive sinkhole underneath a gypsum stack at a Central Florida phosphate fertilizer plant has dumped 215 million gallons of acidic water into the Floridan aquifer. Mosaic reported the water level ...

PALMETTO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a State of Emergency for Manatee County on Saturday due to a leak at the old Piney Point phosphate mine. DeSantis and county administrators announced ...