Sarasota County is being sued by a trio of environmental groups over what they claim is “bad water quality.”
Suncoast Waterkeeper, Our Children’s Earth Foundation and Ecological Rights Foundation claim a faulty storm sewer system is violating the Clean Water Act.

The suit singles out the county’s Bee Ridge facility, where millions of gallons of wastewater were dumped into the Gulf of Mexico.

The lawsuit claims the county has “failed to maintain its sewage system,” leading to raw sewage and storm water spilling into area waterways.