South Florida

DeSantis asks entire South Florida water management board to resign | TheHill

Newly sworn-in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday asked the entire South Florida water management board to resign as…

5 years ago

$3 billion problem: Miami-Dade’s septic tanks are already failing due to sea rise

Photo: A Miami-Dade neighborhood that relies on septic tanks experiences flooding during the 2016 King Tide. A new report commissioned…

5 years ago

Three newspapers confront one challenge: Sea-level rise is real

In August, 2017, a woman walks along a flooded sidewalk along Alton Road near Michigan Avenue in Miami Beach. New…

6 years ago

The lesser-known threat from sea-level rise? Saltwater intrusion into Florida’s freshwater wells.

When it comes to sea-level rise, Miami is usually deemed ground zero. Time-lapse maps depict the creeping rise of blue,…

6 years ago

Florida water — court lets industry group challenge water standards

Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court Tuesday ruled that a…

7 years ago