Water board members tentatively OK plan to alleviate discharges to St. Lucie Estuary

The Central Everglades Planning Project (also known as CEPP), a plan to divert some of the Lake Okeechobee water now dumping into the St. Lucie Estuary, took a baby step — but an important step nonetheless — Thursday down what promises to be a long road.

The South Florida Water Management District Board of Governors tentatively approved a draft plan for the project by the Army Corps of Engineers, setting in motion a complicated process designed to get it included in the federal Water Resources Development Act that Congress is considering.

Read the story here:

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/aug/15/water-board-members-say-theyll-ok-plan-alleviate-d/?partner=popular