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Recent rains still leave South Florida facing groundwater shortage
Even after brief relief brought by weekend rains, most South Florida water supplies remain well below normal – adding to the strain of a record-setting drought and manmade water problems.
Groundwater monitoring wells in Broward and Palm Beach...Tags: Environmental Issues, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Everglades, Environmental Pollution
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Water managers trying to avoid taking more Everglades water to ease drought
South Florida Sun-SentinelWater managers so far don’t plan to dip deeper into the Everglades to help ease South Florida’s water supply woes during the lingering drought. One of the South Florida Water Management District’s last-resort measures during past...Tags: Environmental Issues, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Broward County, Everglades
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Environmentalists question South Florida water district cuts
Environmental groups are raising concerns about looming budget cuts at the South Florida agency that leads Everglades restoration.
Potential cutbacks unveiled Thursday by the South Florida Water Management District include selling off public land,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Amid state-induced budget squeeze, water districts scrambling
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel The powerful agency regulating Central and North Florida's water supply has sustained a more than 25 percent cut in its tax revenue, its employees say morale is the lowest in memory, and orders from the governor to... -
Governor fills final vacancy on South Florida Water Management District board
The last vacancy on the South Florida Water Management District Board was filled Thursday when Juan Portuondo of Key Biscayne was sworn in to represent Miami-Dade County.
Portuondo became Gov. Rick Scott’s sixth appointee to the nine-member board...Tags: Charlie Crist, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Orlando
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South Florida agency that leads Everglades restoration details potential budget cuts
Layoffs, delaying construction projects and selling off public land are among the budget-cutting options being considered by the state agency charged with leading Everglades restoration.
After years of criticism for excess spending, the South Florida...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Executive Branch, Everglades, Layoffs and Downsizing
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15-foot python devours 76-pound deer: Is that normal?
Nation NowPython: A Burmese python killed in the Everglades was discovered with a white-tailed deer in its stomach. We talked to a snake expert to find out just how unusual this is.... -
Scott signs bill to save average Central Florida homeowner $16.22 next year
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelGov. Rick Scott went to West Palm Beach today to sign a bill reducing property taxes levied by four of the state's five water management districts. Total savings to property owners, he said, would be $210.5 million. But the average Central Florida... -
South Florida Water Management District sells airplane
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe South Florida Water Management District sold its much-scrutinized airplane, which the agency once used to ferry officials across the state. The district accepted the high bid of about $807,000 for the 30-year-old twin-turboprop plane, new district...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Water Restrictions, Rick Scott, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Travel
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Three Palm Beach County cities face tougher watering rules due to drought
Lake Okeechobee’s continued water level decline is expected to trigger new once-a-week landscape irrigation limits for West Palm Beach water customers.
The switch to stricter watering rules for homes and businesses would also apply to the town of...Tags: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Water Restrictions, Oceans, Everglades
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Lake Okeechobee hits lowest level since 2008
Lake Okeechobee, South Florida’s backup water supply, dropped to its lowest level since 2008 when its water level dipped Saturday below 10 feet above sea level.
By Monday the lake hit 9.89 feet – 2 feet below normal and more than 4 feet below...Tags: Environmental Issues, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Water Supply
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Pumps to keep Lake Okeechobee water moving south, despite environmental threats
Pumps will be added to keep drought-strained Lake Okeechobee’s water flowing south, despite environmental objections about draining wildlife habitat.
While that will help irrigate sugar cane fields and potentially boost community water supplies,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Business, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Everglades, Lake Okeechobee
Jun 20, 2011
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Jun 15, 2011
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Jun 10, 2011
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Oct 3, 2011
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Jun 9, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 9, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Nov 1, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Jun 22, 2011
| Orlando Sentinel
Aug 11, 2011
|Blog| Sun-Sentinel
Jun 8, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jun 6, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 26, 2011
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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