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Collier, Lee counties debate Big Cypress Basin water district expansion
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Proposed state legislation to modify the board overseeing the Big Cypress Basin is drawing concern from Collier County officials and local environmental groups while some Lee County officials and southern municipalities hope it passes.
State Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero) introduced the bill in late December. It suggests expanding the authority of the Collier-focused basin board into Lee County by July 1.
The bill proposes ensuring taxes collected within the Big Cypress Basin be used for projects and flood control operations and maintenance within the counties in which they were collected.”
Rodrigues was unavailable for comment.
At its most recent meeting on Feb. 25, the basin board discussed the bill and heard from South Florida Water Management District staff on potential budget effects the bill’s passage would have.
State bill to expand Big Cypress Basin administration draws concerns
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STUART City officials are sounding the alarm to state water managers, claiming they re worried Lake Okeechobee s higher-than-normal elevation could prompt further damaging releases into the fragile St. Lucie River estuary.
Currently standing at 15 feet, 3 inches, Lake Okeechobee s level is over 2.6 feet higher than this time last year, according to data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tropical Storm Eta s November rainfall helped fill the lake to this above-average height.
Now, as the threat of reopening the floodgates looms, city officials are urging the South Florida Water Management District to send excess lake water south into the thirsty Everglades and through state-managed stormwater treatment areas, or marshes.