WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board today initiated a rule-making process and asked for the public's input in amending rules to support water quality improvements in the Northern Everglades, which includes the Lake Okeechobee Watershed and the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee River watersheds and estuaries.
Oct. 7, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.- The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board will hold its regular business meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10, starting at 9 a.m. at District Headquarters in West Palm Beach.
Oct. 4, 2019
JUPITER, Fla.- The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) recently completed upgrades, in partnership with the Town of Jupiter, to make one of the most popular fishing spots in northern Palm Beach County more accessible to the public.
Sept. 27, 2019
FORT MYERS, Fla.- The public is invited to provide input and ideas to improving water quality as part of the C-43 Reservoir Project. Members of the public can be a part of this important effort to evaluate water quality opportunities to support the Caloosahatchee Estuary. The C-43 Reservoir will store approximately 170,000 acre-feet of local basin stormwater runoff.
Sept. 12, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The program that has already eliminated more than 2,500 invasive pythons from Florida's Everglades is getting bigger thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis and today's vote by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board.
Sept. 12, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board renewed an ongoing contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research, develop and rear biocontrol insects to help combat the threat posed by invasive plants to the native Everglades ecosystem.
Sept. 6, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Director Drew Bartlett and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District Commander Col. Andrew Kelly held a joint press conference today detailing the cooperative efforts the two agencies are undertaking to reduce the need for harmful lake releases and to move water south of Lake Okeechobee.
Sept. 3, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Director Drew Bartlett provided a Hurricane Dorian update on Facebook live at 4:30 p.m. today. Click here to watch Director Bartlett's update.
The South Florida Water Management District Emergency Operations Center remains fully activated to manage the impacts from Hurricane Dorian. The latest Operational Update since full activation is available below.
Sept. 2, 2019
Today, the South Florida Water Management District fully activated its Emergency Operations Center to manage the impacts from Hurricane Dorian. The first Operational Update since full activation is available below.
Sept. 1, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Director Drew Bartlett provided an update on Hurricane Dorian at 4:15 p.m. today. Director Bartlett partially activated the District's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) today and will fully activate the EOC starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. Impacts from Hurricane Dorian are expected in Broward, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Polk and St. Lucie counties in less than 48 hours.
