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Reports of blue-green algae ‘too soon’ to link to Longboat sewage spill

Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build a dirt road just to get access to the site of the spill.
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build a dirt road just to get access to the site of the spill.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves just to get access to the spill site.
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves just to get access to the spill site.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer, left, and Utilities Director Isaac Brownman, right, speak to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Longboat Key Town Manager Tom Harmer, left, and Utilities Director Isaac Brownman, right, speak to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Longboat Key Utilities Director Isaac Brownman speaks to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Longboat Key Utilities Director Isaac Brownman speaks to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Longboat Key Utilities Director Isaac Brownman speaks to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Longboat Key Utilities Director Isaac Brownman speaks to a Herald-Tribune reporter Monday morning during a tour of the site where a sewage pipe leaked an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay.  Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Last month the Town of Longboat Key's sewer pipe to the mainland ruptured, spilling an estimated 26 to 28 million gallons of sewage into Sarasota Bay. Crews had to clear a path through the mangroves and build the dirt road just to get access to the site so the 20" diameter pipe could be repaired.
Herald-Tribune Staff Photo / Mike Lang