Guest Commentary: Fix the flow
By Ray Judah - | Jan 27, 2021
Approximately, two years ago after Gov. DeSantis took office and replaced former Board members of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) that were closely aligned with the sugar industry, there was a great deal of hope and optimism that the new Board would provide the leadership to revive efforts to restore the Florida Everglades and coastal estuaries.
Unfortunately, Big Sugar continues to control the narrative, like a virulent pandemic, as evidenced by persistent harmful algae blooms, public health alerts and death of fish and wildlife along our beaches.
Big Sugar has always opposed restoring the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee south to the Everglades and Florida Bay in favor of taxpayer funded reservoirs and aquifer storage recovery wells (ASR).