The Central Florida Water Initiative Rule Development Workshop took place today July 9, 2020 as a virtual meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and was well organized and […]
The following notice is from the Florida Springs Council. OSFR was a challenger, as was one individual board member. Florida Springs Council’s legal team in action in November of 2019. Photo by John Moran. This […]
The following letter from Sierra Club to the head of FDEP makes a request. It is self evident that non-compliance would show that this agency is driven by political forces rather than a desire to […]
Another workshop so the DEP and Water District can explain their confused rationale for lowering once again the minimum that can be taken from the rivers without significant harm. But that harm has already been […]
There are unavoidable ambiguities in establishing those levels, but a minimum flow level can be lowered whenever a powerful interest exerts pressure. This happened recently when developers pushed to lower the MFL of the already-impaired Rainbow River by […]
…the brochure includes blatant untruths, including that DEP “is restoring springs by setting limits on nutrient pollution” and “Florida’s water management districts protect springs by regulating water use.” It is so ironic that Florida’s agency […]
