Jan. 25, 2019

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 persistent drier-than-average conditions that have reduced 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.

Jan. 23, 2019

West Palm Beach, FL – Hunters for the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Python Elimination Program are closing in on another significant milestone, with the 2,000th invasive snake expected to be eliminated soon.

With a drier than average dry season so far and what are historically the driest months of the year still to come, SFWMD is hard at work planning to ensure adequate water supply amid potential water shortage conditions over the coming months.

Okeechobee, FL – A prescribed burn will be conducted on 1,000 acres of Lake Okeechobee in the Pearce Canal area on Thursday, Jan. 10, to improve fish and wildlife habitat on the lake.

This will be done as a joint effort by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with SFWMD acting as the prescribed burn manager and the FWC and USACE assisting.

Jan. 9, 2019

West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has substantially completed the first phase of the expansion of Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West (STA-1W) in western Palm Beach County last week.

The expansion adds an additional 4,600 acres of natural wetlands to treat water and remove excess nutrients such as phosphorus before it is moved south through Florida's water conservation areas and on to Florida Bay.

Jan. 2, 2019

West Palm Beach, FL – SFWMD is working to replace a culvert on the C-41A Canal in unincorporated Highlands County. Soil boring work necessary to replace the culvert will require the temporary closure of an access road leading to a public boat ramp north of State Road 70.

The access road will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to facilitate the necessary work.

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Dec. 27, 2018

South Bay, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has begun performing aerial surveying and taking soil samples of the Miami and North New River canals south of Lake Okeechobee. This work will help expedite the design and subsequent construction of what will become the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir and A-2 Stormwater Treatment Area.

19 Diciembre, 2018

From controlled detonations to construction features to send more water south to massive bulldozers expediting the EAA Storage Reservoir, the South Florida Water Management District made progress effort on numerous key restoration and flood control projects in 2018.

Dec. 14, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – The Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals this week honored the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) by giving its completed Lainhart and Masten Dams Refurbishment Project its annual Environmental Excellence award.