August 17, 2017
The newest stewards of South Florida's water resources recently stopped by the South Florida Water Management District SOUNDSCIENCE podcast booth for a quick introduction.
As volunteer SFWMD Governing Board members, Jaime Weisinger represents southwest coast counties while Brandon Tucker represents east coast counties.
Listen below:
August 11, 2017
Okeechobee, FL - For boaters navigating to and from Lake Okeechobee, four navigation locks on the north shore will be closed for one day each in the coming weeks for maintenance. The scheduled closures are:
Aug. 4, 2017
Western Miami-Dade County, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has installed three temporary pumps that will add to ongoing efforts to alleviate the high water emergency in Water Conservation Area (WCA) 3A caused by heavy summer rainfall.
July 31, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board today unanimously named Ernie Marks the District's new Executive Director, effective Wednesday, Aug. 2.
July 31, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – As Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency across Florida counties with Tropical Storm Emily passing over the state, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is executing operational measures today to provide flood protection for South Florida's 8.1 million residents as rains from the storm fall throughout the region over this week.
July 28, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) conducted two public workshops on the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project (LOWRP) this week, Thursday afternoon in Okeechobee and Friday morning in West Palm Beach. More than 90 Floridians participated in the workshops in person. The meetings were also webcast.
July 21, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – Reaching a major milestone in the effort to protect the St. Lucie River and Estuary, engineers at the South Florida Water Management District this month began filling the repaired Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area to store and clean water for the river and estuary.
July 21, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) five Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) sent the cleanest water ever produced by these facilities to the Everglades over this past water year. STAs are shallow constructed wetlands that use plants to naturally remove excess phosphorus from the water.
