Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency and county officials evacuated residents near a phosphate processing plant over the weekend as officials warned that a pond filled with toxic wastewater could collapse “at any time.” “A portion of the containment wall at the leak site shifted laterally,” said Manatee County Director of Public Safety Jake Saur to WSTP after a “significant leak” was discovered at the Piney Point processing plant. Saur further cautioned that  “structural collapse could occur at any time.” Officials on Saturday night and Sunday morning unsuccessfully tried to repair the leak, the report said. Crews used heavy equipment to use rock and earth to “kind of plug the hole in the dam” of the breach, Manatee County acting county administrator Dr. Scott Hopes said. About 800 million gallons of process water, rainwater runoff, are kept in several retention ponds near Highway 41. DeSantis declared a state of emergency around the area …