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Saving Lake Okeechobee: A big hairy audacious goal
Ben Butler has a challenge for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) – a big hairy audacious goal... more
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SFWMD history started in Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County welcomed the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board on Oct. 14. more
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The Franklin Lock is 43.4 miles from the Moore Haven Lock.
No Lake O releases to coastal estuaries this week
No water from Lake Okeechobee will be released to the coastal estuaries next week, Lt. Col. Todd Polk of the U.S. Army... more
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Drier than normal dry season expected
OKEECHOBEE – South Florida could be looking at a drier than normal dry season according to information shared at the meeting of the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board held … more
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USACE announces LOSOM Project Delivery Team Meeting on Oct. 26
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announces a Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) Project Delivery Team (PDT) Meeting... more
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“It seems like it never fails. We are supposed to start planting our sugar crop on Monday, but Mother Nature has other plans for us. We received nearly 4 inches of rain last night. We are at the mercy of the good Lord,” Keith Wedgeworth posted on Facebook Oct. 9, 2021 along with a photo of a flooded field.
Lake Okeechobee rises more than 2 inches in 2 days
On Friday, Oct. 8, Lake Okeechobee was at 15.64 feet, and the wet season seemed to be winding down. In his Friday media call, Col. James Booth, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers … more
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PAHOKEE - The algal bloom at the Pahokee marina has been cleaned up. The most recent tests show only very low levels of microcystin in the marina and no microcystin toxins in the lake water outside the marina,
Toxin levels at Pahokee marina decrease
Microcystin toxins levels in the water at the Pahokee Marina dropped last week according to the Florida... more
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Flow to the Caloosahatchee River is measured at the Franklin Lock
'Average' water year might mean no lake releases to estuaries
JACKSONVILLE – If South Floridians are lucky, 2021 might just be an “average” year for Lake Okeechobee water levels. In an average year, the lake would rise slowly during the wet … more
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Five miles of the old Tamiami Trail is being removed to allow water to flow under the new bridges.
Freshwater flow benefits Everglades National Park
Water managers are on track to provide beneficial freshwater flows to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay ... more
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SFWMD to meet in Okeechobee
The October meeting of the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board will be held Thursday, Oct. 14 in the Historic Okeechobee County Courthouse ... more
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SFWMD recently met to discuss how the Lake Okeechobee water stored in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) reservoir would be used.
Corps to share information on Central Everglades Planning Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will host a virtual informational meeting Oct. 18 ... more
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In April SFWMD used innovative technologies to deal with a harmful algal bloom at the Pahokee Marina
Innovative technologies used to treat harmful algal blooms
The SFWMD Water Resources Accountability and Collaboration group reviewed innovative technologies used to control … more
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Lake Okeechobee at 15.55 feet; no coastal releases planned
Lake Okeechobee is at 15.55 feet, and no releases are planned east or west this week. more
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The NOAA satellite imagery shows areas with low to moderate algal bloom potential in green or blue. Areas like to have surface scum are in red and orange.
Some lake water samples contain microcystin toxins
Six of the 28 sites contained microcystin … more
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Health officials issue blue-green algae bloom alert
DOH has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Okeechobee. more
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The Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) reservoir will be built on former sugar cane farm land in the EAA. The reservoir will cover about 10,500 acres. The stormwater treatment area (STA) will cover about 6,500 acres. To the east of the reservoir is the A-1 Flow Equalization Basin (FEB)
First contract awarded for $3.5 billion EAA reservoir project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District awarded the first contract for construction of the EAA reservoir… more
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The Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual will go into effect when repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike are complete in late 2022.
Lake Okeechobee water level in good shape ... but "one storm could change everything"
Lake O, at 15.25 feet on Sept. 24, is roughly the level it was a year ago. Water managers hope to end the wet season with … more
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Bridge repairs to require partial blocking of Lake Okeechobee Waterway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been notified of the following scheduled fender repair of the CSX Railroad Bridge in Indiantown. more
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Lake Okeechobee slowly rising
The slow rise of Lake Okeechobee has the Big O in the “sweet spot” for ecological and water supply conditions. more
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Boaters: Watch for obstructions by floating vegetation on west side of Lake Okeechobee
Boaters and fishermen should be aware that some of the passageways in the west side of Lake Okeechobee. more
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