Read published news articles about the issues the local community has been dealing with below.
Stinky situation! Panasoffkee homeowners plead with city for landfill changes
The vultures circling over Lake Panasoffkee make for a foreboding welcome to people who drive into what was supposed to be a rural lakeside paradise...
‘Dirty diaper on an open campfire’: What’s that smell in Sumter County?
In a city renowned for its water, there is something wrong with the air…
To quash noxious odors, Sumter County landfill looks to the ground instead of the air
A Sumter County landfill that’s been the subject of odor complaints since January is going to try to bury the funk underground instead of evaporating it…
Sumter County commissioners to give update on oversight plans for Bushnell landfill
Sumter County board of commissioners are scheduled to o discuss, among other things, an update on an agreement between the city of Bushnell and Arcadis U.S. Inc., to provide third-party oversight of the Heart of Florida Landfill...
Some in Sumter County say ‘eye-watering’ on-off smell emanating from landfill
Some Sumter County residents are speaking out after enduring months of an on-again, off-again pungent smell they said emanates from the landfill and reaches them sometimes more than 10 miles away from the site...
Alleged violations affect Waste Connections, Republic Services landfills
A Florida town threatened to revoke Waste Connections’ permit over odor violations…
Landfill tour, pre-suit letter, a rail spur and injection well
Residents spent months battling odors from the area around I-75 and C.R. 470, and are now concerned about the addition of a rail spur and an injection well that will be added to the Heart of Florida landfill..
Officials increasingly concerned about landfill’s threat to aquifer
Sumter County has asked state environmental officials to attend a public meeting in June on a proposed injection well at the Heart of Florida Landfill near Lake Panasoffkee..
State representative pens letter detailing fears of threat to local drinking water
State Rep. Samantha Scott, R-52, has weighed in with her concerns about a direct injection well at the Heart of Florida Landfill near Lake Panasoffkee..
Landfill in Central Florida drilling well to dispose of ‘trash tea’ in ground
The landfill is currently drilling a deep well to inject leachate, basically runoff mixed with garbage, into the ground to a depth below the aquifer..
A massive landfill in a tiny town: Miami-Dade County to send its trash to Central Florida by train
A massive landfill in the tiny town of Bushnell is building a new rail line as it prepares to receive thousands of tons of trash from Miami-Dade County per week via rail..
Clean Air, Water, and Soil for Sumter County 