Tag: Lake Okeechobee
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Gil Smart: What’s behind push for deep injection wells near Lake Okeechobee?
When it comes to preventing discharges from Lake Okeechobee, shouldn’t every option be on the table? Or are some options designed to crowd out others? Last week, officials with the South Florida Water Management District thumbed their noses at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and vowed to plow forward with deep-injection wells — 3,000-foot…
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Captains For Clean Water
This is the short-form documentary by Captains For Clean Water. The documentary raises awareness of the volume of fresh water being released from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers. The nutrient-laden Okeechobee is full of pollutants that are harmful to marine ecosystems and that are devastating both east and west coast marine…