July 19, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will conduct public workshops to garner critical public input needed to complete several planning projects that are part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), including the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project (LOWRP) and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP).
July 18, 2017
Homestead, FL - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) teams from the Homestead and West Palm Beach field stations worked through the weekend to install two temporary pumps that will ramp up efforts to lower water levels in Water Conservation Area 3A.
July 14, 2017
Okeechobee, FL - With Lake Okeechobee levels now at 12.5 feet, all five navigation locks on the north shore are returning to normal operations. These locks will be open daily from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. beginning on Saturday, July 15:
July 14, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board on Thursday took an innovative step that will save two precious Florida resources, the threatened gopher tortoise and taxpayer dollars.
"As Governing Board members, we are stewards of the environment and tax monies entrusted to us," said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Dan O'Keefe. "To help a threatened species, while also making a conscious effort to minimize the use of taxpayer funds is the definition of a 'win-win' for the District."
July 14, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL - The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board on Thursday approved a contract with Florida International University (FIU) to help monitor the impacts of its plan to help save Florida Bay.
July 13, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – A program to improve Everglades water quality by ensuring the water flowing from farmlands in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) meets phosphorus reductions required by law, has performed far better than state-mandated goals.
July 13, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – For the seventh consecutive year, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board acted to unburden Florida taxpayers. The nine-person Board championed an annual budget in which residents pay the same amount of property taxes as last year or, in some cases, slightly less than last year.
July 12, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL – Innovative projects are being developed by the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) to meet the growing needs of the five-county Central Florida region while also protecting the region's water resources. Water experts project the region will need an additional 300 million gallons of water per day by 2035. Only about 50 mgd will be available from traditional sources without harming the water and related natural resources like wetlands and lakes.
July 11, 2017
Naples, FL – The Big Cypress Basin Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on Monday voted to award $2.1 million in cooperative funding grants to four flood protection, water quality restoration and water supply projects in Collier County.
July 7, 2017
Okeechobee, FL - With Lake Okeechobee levels rising, five navigation locks on the north shore will soon return to normal operations. When the lake reaches 12.5 feet, these locks will be open daily from 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.:
