Posts Tagged ‘St. Lucie River’
Lake Okeechobee Discharges Top 100 Billion Gallons
Lake Okeechobee discharges into the St. Lucie River and the IRL hit a sad milestone by reaching over 100 billion gallons. Although it is not a record high, discharges are not set to end any time soon.
Read MoreAlgae Spotted In The Treasure Coast
Algae blooms from the Banana River have moved into Sebastian and Vero Beach, which is unusual for these areas. Although not harmful at this point, there is ongoing concern about the rise of toxins in our water.
Read MoreBack-Pumping Adds Insult to Injury
If the southern reservoir had been in place before Hurricane Irma, could back-pumping and harmful discharges have been prevented?
Read MoreArmy Corps To Send Runoff to St. Lucie River
Conditions are growing favorable again for discharges to be released from Lake Okeechobee.
Read MoreLake O Discharges Would Make Algae Bloom in River
What’s keeping algae from blooming in the St. Lucie River? As Tyler Treadway of TC Palm explains, it’s a lack of discharges from Lake O.
Read MoreMartin County OKs 5,000-gallon septic
By Tyler Treadway May 23, 2017 TC Palm (Excerpt) Size matters The size refers to the gallons of wastewater the system can process in a day, not the capacity of…
Read MoreFlorida Legislature approves reservoir
Florida Legislature approves reservoir to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges By Isadora Rangel May 2, 2017 TC Palm TALLAHASSEE — Senate President Joe Negron seemed overly optimistic earlier this year when he…
Read MoreSenate OKs Lake Okeechobee reservoir bill; what about House?
By Isadora Rangel April 12, 2017 TC Palm TALLAHASSEE — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to curb discharges to the…
Read MorePlan that includes keeping toxic algae from waterways is now bigger and more expensive
By Mary Ellen Klas March 8, 2017 Miami Herald TALLAHASSEE A Senate plan to bond $1.2 billion in state funds to build a water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee…
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