\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA northwest Cape Coral couple says a cloudy white substance they believe may be coming from a nearby drilling site has been draining into the canal behind their home for weeks.\u201cIt looks like milk coming out,\u201d Bill McMahon said. \u201cLike a watered-down milk.\u201dThe McMahons say they first noticed the unusual water about a month ago.\u201cThe smell was strong, like something rotten,\u201d Bill said. Since then, they say they\u2019ve noticed dead fish floating in the canal and a shift in the wildlife they\u2019re used to seeing.\u201cWe had ducks in here. We have otters in here. I haven\u2019t seen anything since this has been pumped in,\u201d Andrea said. \u201cThe sediment is just going to eat it up until there\u2019s nothing left.\u201dThe couple believes the cloudy substance is coming from a black pipe at a construction site across the street near Kismet Parkway and Nelson Road, where crews have been drilling. Construction workers have since placed a yellow boom in the canal in an effort to contain whatever is leaking into the water.Andrea says workers told her the material was \u201conly sediment,\u201d but the couple remains concerned, especially after Bill began experiencing headaches.\u201cThere\u2019s something in the water. It\u2019s not supposed to be some kind of pollutant,\u201d Bill said. \u201cThe kids go jet skiing here, they\u2019re kayaking out here, they\u2019re fishing out here. We don\u2019t want anybody getting sick from it.\u201dThe McMahons say they now want answers about what exactly is being drained into the canal and whether it poses any risk to people or wildlife.Gulf Coast News reached out to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Cape Coral, asking whether they are aware of the discharge, whether any testing has been done, and if there is any concern about potential impacts to water quality or wildlife. As of Wednesday, we are still waiting for our questions to be answered.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
A northwest Cape Coral couple says a cloudy white substance they believe may be coming from a nearby drilling site has been draining into the canal behind their home for weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt looks like milk coming out,\u201d Bill McMahon said. \u201cLike a watered-down milk.\u201d<\/p>\n
The McMahons say they first noticed the unusual water about a month ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe smell was strong, like something rotten,\u201d Bill said. <\/p>\n
Since then, they say they\u2019ve noticed dead fish floating in the canal and a shift in the wildlife they\u2019re used to seeing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had ducks in here. We have otters in here. I haven\u2019t seen anything since this has been pumped in,\u201d Andrea said. \u201cThe sediment is just going to eat it up until there\u2019s nothing left.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple believes the cloudy substance is coming from a black pipe at a construction site across the street near Kismet Parkway and Nelson Road, where crews have been drilling. Construction workers have since placed a yellow boom in the canal in an effort to contain whatever is leaking into the water.<\/p>\n
Andrea says workers told her the material was \u201conly sediment,\u201d but the couple remains concerned, especially after Bill began experiencing headaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s something in the water. It\u2019s not supposed to be some kind of pollutant,\u201d Bill said. \u201cThe kids go jet skiing here, they\u2019re kayaking out here, they\u2019re fishing out here. We don\u2019t want anybody getting sick from it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The McMahons say they now want answers about what exactly is being drained into the canal and whether it poses any risk to people or wildlife.<\/p>\n
Gulf Coast News reached out to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Cape Coral, asking whether they are aware of the discharge, whether any testing has been done, and if there is any concern about potential impacts to water quality or wildlife. <\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, we are still waiting for our questions to be answered.<\/p>\n
DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A northwest Cape Coral couple says a cloudy white substance they believe may be coming from a nearby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[98271,98268,1778,209,211,98270,210,98273,86918,23829,104,4329,82127,213,98272,32249,98269,4624],"class_list":["post-215388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-andrea","tag-bill-mcmahon","tag-canal","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-homeowner","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-cloudy-white-substance","tag-construction-worker","tag-couple","tag-entertainment","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-kismet-parkway","tag-late-news","tag-nearby-construction","tag-sediment","tag-unusual-water","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}