Join the South Florida Water Management District for the first public meeting about the 2024 Lower Kissimmee Basin Water Supply Plan Update. The plan will assess current and projected water needs in the planning area through 2045. The planning area includes portions of Glades, Okeechobee, and Highlands counties (generally northwest of Lake Okeechobee) and the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Brighton Reservation.
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Today, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board proclaimed April as Water Conservation Month. This annual proclamation highlights SFWMD's continuing efforts to conserve water and ensure an ample supply now and in the future.
Florida has observed Water Conservation Month since 1998 to highlight how each of us can do our part, in the little ways and the big ways, to conserve water to make sure we all have enough.
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is making a temporary change in operations for the S-310 Boat Lock in Clewiston.
Starting tomorrow, April 10, 2024, at 8:00 p.m., the boat lock will remain open 24 hours a day/7 days a week for boaters to navigate through the structure. Boaters will not need to lock through the structure. Both the lakeside and landside will remain in the open position.
Renowned for its wading birds and wildlife, America’s Everglades is a one-of-a-kind ecosystem that is found nowhere else in the world. From its sawgrass marshes and freshwater ponds to its prairies and forested uplands, this iconic River of Grass is home to dozens of federally threatened and endangered species, including the Florida panther, American crocodile, snail kite and wood stork.