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The Environmental Protection Agency is forcing Floridians to follow new standards to make our water cleaner.

Business owners and farmers have 15 months to make changes to their sewage treatment systems to lower the level of toxins or they’ll face penalties. The new regulations are similar to regulations proposed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in 2009, but Frank Jackalone with the Sierra Club says the business lobby is too strong in Tallahassee to get the regulations approved on the state level.

“Thankfully the EPA has stepped in to rescue Florida from the power gang of polluters who for decades have used campaign contributions and intimidation to stop state government in Tallahassee from taking this action on its own,” said Jackalone.

Opponents of the new standards said the plan to make water cleaner would raise Florida sewage bills by a thousand dollars a year. Environmentalists say that figure was inflated to scare Floridians.