Biden OK'd $4.4B reservoir north of Lake Okeechobee to curb discharges to St. Lucie River
LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St. Lucie River now.
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SWFL Water Crisis: Projects surrounding Lake Okeechobee planned to restore water flow to the...
From Southwest Florida beaches to the shores of Lake Okeechobee and every river and creek in between, water drives the health of the environment, economy, and us. In Florida, water once slowly ...
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As New Algae Bloom Spreads Across Lake Okeechobee, Florida Urged to Set Standards Critical to Protecting People, Wildlife From Harmful Toxins
The request comes after the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced on May 5 that, even as a 500-square-mile algae bloom is spreading across Lake Okeechobee, it would not set legal ...
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Lake Okeechobee releases suspected in nontoxic algae bloom in Manatee Pocket, Port Salerno
A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a month ago, which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with freshwater and nutrients that feed algae, said Mark Perry, executive director of ...
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Red tide spreads along the Southwest Florida coast from Tampa Bay to Key West
A swath of red tide stretching for more than 200 miles has formed from Tampa Bay to Key West and the bloom started near Tampa ...