St. Lucie River conditions are right for bloom to be toxic blue-green algae
By Tyler Treadway September 29, 2016 TC Palm St. Lucie River conditions are right to feed another round of blue-green algae blooms, but don't expect to see — or smell — a repeat of ...
The Fix to our water crisis is complicated but doable
By Roger Williams September 28, 2016 Florida Weekly IT’S THE YEAR OF WATER IN FLORIDA. Unprecedented winter floods swept into Lake Okeechobee from the north, cascading into the delicate estuaries ...
Lake Okeechobee pollutes St. Lucie River with 1.1 billion gallons a day
By Tyler Treadway September 22, 2016 TC Palm With Lake Okeechobee water levels too high and rising, polluted discharges to the St. Lucie River will increase to more than 1.1 billion gallons a ...
Martin County leaders worry new algae bloom could be as bad as the first one this summer
By Jacqulyn Powell August 16, 2016 WPTV MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. - Martin County officials are keeping a close eye on a new algae growth showing up in several spots in the ...
Sugar farmers struggle to meet Everglades pollution limit
By Jenny Staletovich August 9, 2016 Miami Herald Farmers in the Everglades just barely met the legal requirement for cutting pollution in water over the last year. According to figures ...
Big Agriculture choking our waterways
By Brion Blackwelder, Marc Yaggi August 8, 2016 Sun-Sentinel Shocking images of guacamole-like toxic algae in Florida focused national attention on how something that sounds innocuous — nutrient pollution — ...
Report: Half of Florida lakes’ surface have ‘elevated’ algae levels
By Jim Waymer August 5, 2016 Florida Today Florida waters are growing greener, saltier and more toxic in some parts, according to a new report on the state’s waters. The ...
Maxwell: Florida’s water woes are bad and getting worse. Do you care?
By Scott Maxwell August 2, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A few weeks ago, Florida made national news for being coated in thick, green, toxic algae. It looked like a river of ...
Another massive algae bloom begins in Martin County
BY JANA ESCHBACH CBS12 August 1, 2016 STUART (CBS12) — It’s been only a few days since a full moon high tide washed away a foot-deep sludge of toxic algae ...