Bay Mills News, accompanied by Bay Mills Water Quality Specialist Amanda Bosak, visited Masta Bay on the north side of Sugar Island on Friday, June 23 to see firsthand the materials at the center of controversy. The boat was in the location only a few minutes before what appeared to be waste began floating towards it.

Bosak said it is normal to have some sort of white foamy discharge on the water's surface due to the fine organic material of the water system. But when oily, brown sludge and large pieces of material appeared she was disturbed.

"I have never seen anything like this," she said. "It's disgusting."