SFWMD Answers Frequently Asked Public Questions About High Water Emergency Situation

Aug. 3, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has been working around the clock to lower water levels in the water conservation areas to create capacity for sending additional Lake Okeechobee water south, all in an effort to alleviate South Florida's high water emergency.

SFWMD Emergency Actions Are Moving Water South, Helping to Lower Water Levels in Conservation Areas

July 25, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL ‐ The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has been working around the clock to lower water levels in the water conservation areas to create capacity for sending additional Lake Okeechobee water south, all in an effort to alleviate South Florida's high water emergency.

SFWMD Taking Additional Actions to Accelerate Lowering of Water Levels in Conservation Areas

July 19, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has been working around the clock to lower water levels in the conservation areas and create capacity for sending more Lake Okeechobee water south. By installing additional temporary pumps and taking other operational actions, the District is doing its part to mitigate the high water emergency caused by record May rainfall.

SFWMD Governing Board Approves Brighton Valley Northern Everglades Public-Private Partnership to Improve Quality of Water Flowing to Lake Okeechobee

July 13, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on Thursday approved a public-private partnership with the Lykes Brighton Valley LLC that will create the Brighton Valley Northern Everglades Public-Private Partnership Project. This project will treat water in the Lake Okeechobee watershed over the next decade.

Governing Board Announces 8th Consecutive Year with No Tax Increase

July 12, 2018

West Palm Beach – For the eighth consecutive year, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board has acted to protect taxpayers from increased taxes.

The Governing Board reviewed a tentative budget for the next fiscal year and approved locking in a property tax rate where residents will pay the same amount of property taxes as last year or, in some cases, slightly less than last year.

SFWMD Taking Actions to Lower Water Levels Utilizing Governor's Declaration of State of Emergency

July 12, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) this week is taking additional actions to lower water levels in the conservation areas to create capacity for sending more Lake Okeechobee water south by utilizing Gov. Rick Scott's state of emergency declaration.

SFWMD Water Farming Partnership with Caulkins Citrus Helping Reduce Flows to St. Lucie Estuary

June 22, 2018

West Palm Beach, FL – A month into the wet season after record May rainfall fell across the region, a public-private partnership between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and the Caulkins Citrus Company has been working at full capacity to store local stormwater runoff and help reduce U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie Estuary.