The City of Marathon has agreed to construct a deep injection well for treated sewage as part of a settlement offer in a lawsuit filed by the group of Florida Keys residents called Friends of the Lower Keys (FOLKs).
The Federal Clean Water Act lawsuit brought by FOLKs against Marathon to stop its use of shallow sewage wells has now been amicably resolved, FOLKS stated in a news release on Wednesday, Dec. 13. The Marathon City Council, at its meeting Tuesday night, unanimously approved a settlement with FOLKs, agreeing to replace shallow sewage well disposal with a deep well.
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