When most people thought about the impacts of 2005's Hurricane Wilma had been on Florida, they may have pictured millions of people without electricity, damaged roofs, or neighborhoods piled high with fallen tree limbs. But while the hurricane left those kinds of marks all across the southern third of Florida, it also had on our regional flood control and water management infrastructure, and on the sections of this system vital to restoring the Everglades.
Everglades Wetlands and Lake Okeechobee Harmed by Storm
When Hurricane Wilma blew through South Florida on October 24, it may have created a "bump in the road" for Everglades restoration, if initial assessments of environmental damage prove true.
Impacts stretch from central Florida to the Florida Keys, but the areas of most concern are Lake Okeechobee and the Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs), which remove excess nutrients from surface water flowing into the Everglades.
NEW: The Ripple Effect covers the latest water news – straight from the source. Updated monthly after Governing Board meetings, the newsletter is emailed to subscribers, and is also available here. Premiering in May 2008, this newsletter replaces the State of the Water Management System and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem eNewsletter.
Northern Everglades
Reviving the River of Grass
After Hurricane Wilma
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