The "blue-green algae" contained 2.8 parts per billion of the toxin microcystin in water samples taken May 1. Read the health ...

and the potentially toxic mess is starting to show up in various places around south Florida and in the Lake Okeechobee system. From the heart of the Everglades to Cape Coral canals, blue-green ...

July 9, 2023 For thousands of years, Lake Okeechobee pumped life into Florida ... so high that contaminated water must be released into canals — toward coastal cities like Fort Myers and ...

Yes. Some water already is being sent down some of the smaller canals that feed irrigation water into the agricultural fields south of Lake Okeechobee. Any water going anywhere other than the ...

Lake O water managers will release an average 904.84 million gallons a day for two weeks before reassessing the amount for ...

Although the poor ratings say the water in the St. Lucie Estuary and Indian River Lagoon is dirty, there haven’t been eastbound discharges from Lake Okeechobee ... around the canals that would ...

The Army Corps already released over 5.38 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water to the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7-13.

Lake Okeechobee, Florida's largest freshwater lake ... Connected to the Everglades through canals, it's also a popular destination for fishing, boating and birdwatching. However, the lake faces ...

Jacksonville District reported on June 4 that it would reduce target releases from Lake Okeechobee through the S-79 into the ...

The Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM ... Today some 2,200 miles of canals, 2,100 miles of levees and berms, 84 pump stations and 778 water control structures sustain the river ...

A Microcystis bloom in a residential canal at Normandy Court in Cape Coral during July 2018. Credit: Brian Lapointe Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the ...

The tournament playing field includes Lake Okeechobee and all rivers, creeks and canals connecting to Lake Okeechobee. Locking is allowed into J & S Canal, Taylor Creek, Buckhead, Henry and Lakeport.