The U.S. Army Corps will reduce Lake Okeechobee releases into the Caloosahatchee River to 250 cfs starting June 4 to conserve ...

Florida DOH office in Martin County issued a health advisory May 21 for cyanobacteria at Port Mayaca on C-44 Canal side of Lake Okeechobee.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flow Equalization Basin, or FEB: A shallow man-made water storage area constructed for the collection of runoff that can be ...

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 ...

2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

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.