Water

St. Lucie Inlet

Brown Water is Back

Courtesy Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch Brown water is bad What’s in it is worse By Tyler Treadway Coffee-colored water now spreads throughout the St. Lucie River into the southern Indian River Lagoon, ...

Health Department Issues Water Warning

From CBS 12: Following Hurricane Irma and water that has been stirred up comes a warning from the Health Department: Stay out of the water! One Stuart mom says her ...

Water Shortage Warning

South Florida under a water shortage warning By The Associated Press April 17, 2017 Sun Sentinel MIAMI (AP) — South Florida water managers issued a water shortage warning that asked ...

Florida, ‘show your work’ behind water changes

By Bob Palmer January 6, 2017 Florida Today Regulators won't reveal the science or calculations behind new environmental standards. Think back to sixth grade. Remember those pesky math tests where ...

The Guardians of Martin County Present A New Path To Clean Water

This clean water flowing through the Everglades is not only beautiful, it also holds the key to our survival as Floridians. Florida is facing a potential water crisis due to ...

Everglades’ water at risk from sea-level rise, scientists say

By Andy Reid December 15, 2016 Sun Sentinel Climate change and other hurdles mean it will take more water — and potentially more taxpayer money — to save the Everglades, ...

Public must be warned about environmental threats

By the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board December 1, 2016 Sun Sentinel Three months ago, as Florida was still reeling from one environmental disaster — toxic algae blooms on both coasts ...

Florida at risk of facing water-supply strain over next 50 years, report warns

By Andy Reid November 15, 2016 Sun Sentinel If growing Florida keeps sucking up water, we risk not having enough to meet our needs in the next 50 years, a ...

Critics: Poor water management will lead to shortages for some

Big Sugar believes that people on the coast do not know what they are talking about. (See the end of the article.)  What happens, though, when we run out of water? ...