Water

Palm Beach Post Opinion Zone: A Tax Cut worth a Publix Sub? No Thanks.

On July 16, the South Florida Water Management District governing board courageously voted 6-2 to keep its tax rate for 2016 steady, after three years of large, some would say, ...

Guardian Board Advisor Maggy Hurchalla on Legislature’s spending of Water Money

from tcpalm.com, Guest Column In 2009, the Florida legislature responded to the recession by raiding the Florida Forever Trust Fund. Lawmakers said they had to do it because they had ...

Podcast on Water Issues Impacting Treasure Coast

Here's a link to KC Ingram-Traylor's informative radio show from 6/23/2015. The guests are Florida Oceanographic Society's Mark Perry and Indian RiverKeeper Marty Baum. Interesting discussion about water issues affecting ...

Water Expert Mark Perry: Send Water South from Lake O

From tcpalm.com: Guest Column from Mark Perry, Executive Director of Florida Oceanographic Society Mark Perry, Executive DirectorFlorida Oceanographic Society If you are getting perfect drainage and the perfect amount of ...

tcpalm.com: Health Officials Warn of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Fl. Waters

  JACKSONVILLE — Florida health officials are warning residents and tourists a rare form of potentially deadly bacteria has made its way to Florida beaches. The Vibrio vulnificus bacterium grows ...

Water’s Disappointing Outcome

Deal Reached for State's Environmental Spending Plan, from tcpalm.com TALLAHASSEE — After almost 36 hours without holding a meeting, budget-writers emerged Sunday night with a deal for the state’s environmental budget, ...

tcpalm: Sen. Negron Likely Can’t Secure $500 Million to move Lake O Water South

A proposal to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges is likely dead this year after lawmakers decided they won’t use the state’s credit card to pay for environmental projects. Sen. Joe Negron’s ...

Guest commentary: Water storage is the heart of Everglades restoration

By: Eric Eikenberg, CEO of The Everglades Foundation The Florida Everglades Last month, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) voted to forgo purchasing U.S. Sugar-owned land to build a ...

Editorial: Florida Lawmakers should remove dancing shoes, get serious with Amendment 1

By Editorial Board, TC PALM.COM The Tallahassee Two-Step. It’s the political version of The Twist, The Dougie, The Macarena and Gangnam Style — dance crazes that swept the nation. The ...