West Palm Beach, FL - For boaters navigating to and from Lake Okeechobee, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will soon close several navigation locks on the north shore for safety reasons. The closures are a result of lower water levels in Lake Okeechobee. Injury and lock damage could occur when boats pass through these structures at water levels below any of the designated safety limits.
West Palm Beach, FL - The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is working to prepare its regional flood control system to ensure flood protection as an upper level weather disturbance is expected to drop heavy rainfall across the region on Tuesday.
March 18, 2019
West Palm Beach, FL - The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is working to prepare its regional flood control system to ensure flood protection as an upper level weather disturbance is expected to drop heavy rainfall across the region on Tuesday.
The April 11, 2019 Audit & Finance Committee meeting has been cancelled. The next anticipated meeting is scheduled for July 11, 2019, at the SFWMD Headquarters in West Palm Beach
March 14, 2019
West Palm Beach, FL - The new Governing Board named Drew Bartlett, Deputy Secretary for Ecosystem Restoration at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), as the SFWMD's Executive Director responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the District as the nine-person Board makes policy decisions.
March 14, 2019
West Palm Beach, FL - The South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) new Governing Board today chose its leadership to fulfill the District's flood control, water quality projects, environmental restoration and water supply missions. The new Governing Board elected member Chauncey Goss as the Chairman and member Scott Wagner as the Vice Chairman. They are part of a completely new Governing Board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve the 8.1 million residents of South Florida.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Notice 2019-003 Issued February 8, 2019.
Notice is given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is advising commercial and recreational vessels that there is a 22 foot width restriction for vessels wanting to pass through the St. Lucie Lock & Dam. This restriction is due to an equipment failure. Maintenance staff is working diligently to repair issue. All vessels below restriction limit will be able to pass through.
Chauncey Goss is the founder and managing partner of Goss Practical Solutions – a firm that provides federal fiscal policy analysis and budget forecasting. Prior to starting the firm, Goss served as Deputy Staff Director and Director of Budget Review for the House Budget Committee under Paul Ryan.
The March 7, 2019, Water Resources Analysis Coalition (WRAC) meeting had been cancelled.
