A sewage spill at George English Park in Fort Lauderdale.
The maxing-out, bulging-at-the-seams, gridlock you feel on the highway is happening underground, too. Infrastructure across the state isn t measuring up to Florida s growing population. And that s not only happening in Fort Lauderdale.
A year ago, the biggest sewage spill in Florida s history was unfolding along the scenic waterways of Fort Lauderdale.
More than 211 million gallons spilled from 1970s-era pipes, flowing down streets, into lawns and, eventually, the city s scenic, postcard-ready canals. There would be times I would walk around the building, walking the dogs, and get hit with the smell of raw sewage, said Bob Garofalo.
Feb 9, 2021 11:02 AM DeLand, FL - Volusia County’s Environmental Management Division is asking residents to complete a resilience survey to get their opinions on ways to address sea-level rise. The division is working on an initiative that will develop strategies to help residents and local government officials plan for the impacts of flooding, storm surge, and sea-level rise. The deadline to complete the survey is February 28, 2021. The link to the survey can be found at metroquestsurvey.com. Survey takers will be asked to rank their values, rate strategies, and identify where public resources should be focused to increase community resilience. County staff will use the responses to identify resilience measures for consideration. Information gathered in the survey will help determine the best ways for individuals, communities, institutions, and businesses to plan, sustain, adapt, recover, improve and grow collaboratively from specific events like flooding, a heatwave,
2020? Awful. But at least Florida hasnât had a major Red Tide
What do we have to thank? Ocean currents and . maybe hurricanes?
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A shrimp boat contracted by Pinellas County in September 2018 collected dead fish amid Red Tide off Madeira Beach. [ LUIS SANTANA | Tampa Bay Times ]
Well, mostly.
The state made it through late summer and most of fall before scientists in the last couple of weeks started tracking a bloom off the southwest shore. As of Dec. 10, a patchy blotch of Red Tide was sitting off Sanibel Island. It has not produced widespread fish kills but has led to reports of people experiencing respiratory irritation in Collier County, though nothing like the crippling Red Tide of 2018.