Water Quantity Threats – Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP)

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Still More Consequences of Dirty Water: Why We Need the Right to Clean Water Amendment

Florida is handing us dirty water and showing no signs of stopping.  Each year our  surface and ground water are diminished in quantity and quality and our state does little to reverse this. Our DEP […]

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Focus On Water From Manasota-88

  The following was sent by Manasota-88 which has done much to fight the phosphate destruction in Mosaic’s region of Florida. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: […]

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The MFLs Are a License to Slowly Kill The Springs

  That the State of Florida and our Suwannee River Water Management District have lost control of our water purity is manifest here by this press release.  Reading between the lines we see that the […]

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“Greenwash” Is an Established and Perfected Practice In Florida

There is certainly no dearth of “greenwash” in Florida, starting with the rock stars which are the Department of Environmental Protection followed closely by our water management districts. These agencies purport to protect our springs, […]

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Manatee Monitoring Needs Volunteers

  Stacie Greco has sent out the following information from the  Springs Forum held last week: Alachua County Environmental Protection Department is looking for volunteers to help monitor the manatee population this winter! Volunteers will […]

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Manatee Deaths, Algae Blooms Suggest Florida Waters Getting Worse, Not Better | Our View

  Members of the Blue Green Algae Task Force, appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who created the panel in April 2019, were asked: “What grade would you give to state lawmakers for their efforts to adopt […]

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