They say anything can happen at theme parks, but when they say that they unusually mean that any attraction might close to be replaced by something better. They don’t usually mean a massive sinkhole might open up to be filled with millions of gallons of wastewater. And yet, here we are.
This week The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reported that on November 18 Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay reported a massive sinkhole, measuring 15 feet wide and 15 feet deep, opened up underneath a retention pond on the property, which was designed for wastewater treatment. This caused the water in the retention pond, approximately 2.5 million gallons of wastewater, to drain into the ground.
