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TALIA BLAKE: Utilities will face fewer limits on withdrawals from the fragile Floridan aquifer under a new legal settlement.
The aquifer is where Central Florida draws most of its drinking water.
And as WMFE News environmental reporter Amy Green explains- that has environmental advocates worried.
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Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 4.23.21
President
Joe Biden and Gov.
Ron DeSantis may not like each other, but they have one thing in common: Solid approval among Florida voters.
A new poll from bipartisan firm RABA Research found the stateâs top elected official and the Commander in Chief both have approval ratings in the positive by double-digits.
DeSantis, midway through his first term, has the approval of 56% of voters compared to 42% who disapprove, giving him a plus-14 favorability rating. Biden, whoâs wrapping up his first 100 days, is above water 54%-42%, or plus-12.
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PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District will execute a temporary, minor deviation to the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule April 20-21 as part of the ongoing study by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to find ways to indirectly measure sediment and nutrients transported from the lake to the estuaries. The deviation will allow up to 5,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) flow from structures for short periods of time for up to 8 hours on April 20 at the Moore Haven Lock and Dam (S-77) and April 21 at the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam (S-308). USACE executed a similar deviation in February to support the same study and expects to do so again in May. This study will help develop a better understanding of how different release schedules may influence nutrient/sediment loading to the estuaries.
Lake Okeechobee s level is slowly rising, which could mean discharges to the St. Lucie River will resume as South Florida heads into the summer rainy season.
The W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam floodgates will increase Lake O discharges west to the Caloosahatchee River again starting this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday. But discharges east to the St. Lucie River will not resume yet.
Highly toxic algae that s blooming at the Port Mayaca floodgates certainly factored into the decision to not send Lake O water east toward Stuart, said Col. Andrew Kelly, the Corps Florida commander. No doubt about it.