Get the Facts: Wells to Provide Relief to Our Estuaries
February 16, 2017
Certain groups continue to falsely characterize water storage technology under consideration for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Project (LOWP) as "wasting much-needed water." This is not the case.
Here are the Facts:
- As identified in LOWP, two promising underground technologies will reduce harmful discharges to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. These technologies operate in tandem with above-ground surface reservoirs to help meet the recommended storage volumes in the 2015 University of Florida Water Institute Study.