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This summer 500,000 people in Toledo had their drinking water cut off due to a toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie.
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This summer 500,000 people in Toledo had their drinking water cut off due to a toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie.
The funds will be used to support the state’s comprehensive Everglades restoration plan, and measures to support agriculture and the water needs of Palm Beach and Broward counties.
“The Everglades has not seen this type of funding at these levels, ever,” said Eric Eikenberg, chief executive of the Everglades Foundation. Eikenberg said that billion-dollar-plus annual funding will now be needed to get the job done
As this week's edition of "To the Point with Michael Williams" aired on WPTV NewsChannel 5, one billion gallons of water from Lake Okeechobee were being discharged.
DeSantis has earmarked $30 million to pay for efforts to reduce blue-green algae in Caloosahatchee River and increase water quality