Lake O discharges not coming this week to Stuart; Rainy season is beginning any day now
Toxic algae is on its way
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There will be no Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River for the time being, said the Army Corps of Engineers May 28 during its weekly conference call with South Florida media.
Corps Jacksonville district commander Col. Andrew Kelly told media members he was happy with the recession rate of the lake. It s held true to form so the lake has come down and we re getting more comfortable every day, Kelly said. The dryness we ve been hoping for has come to fruition so as a result there is a significant amount of water going to the south.
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As the threat of blue-green algae looms on Lake Okeechobee, Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Rep. Brian Mast are lobbing pressure at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, tasked with determining when, where and how much lake water is sent east and west to coastal estuaries.
In a letter sent Monday to Corps leadership in Washington D.C., DeSantis told the agency it must do better to manage the lake and prevent releases carrying potentially toxic cyanobacteria to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers.
Mast, known to speak outwardly against the federal agency, Tuesday urged President Biden to intervene in the mounting environmental mess by directing top Corps leadership to visit South Florida and address the situation personally.
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