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The Pensacola Bay System includes Pensacola, Escambia, Blackwater and East bays, the western portion of Santa Rosa Sound, Escambia, Blackwater, Yellow and Shoal rivers and numerous bayous. These waterways have long been used for transportation, seafood harvesting, recreational purposes and, unfortunately, for various types of waste disposal. The total drainage area covers nearly 7,000 square miles, about 34 percent of which is in Florida. The entire system discharges into the Gulf of Mexico, primarily through a narrow pass at the mouth of Pensacola Bay.