Biden OK'd $4.4B reservoir north of Lake Okeechobee to curb discharges to St. Lucie River
LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St. Lucie River now.
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Brown water near the coast: Lake O releases ongoing, could last until May
Lake Okeechobee waters continue to blast out of the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam, and coastal Southwest Florida waters are starting to look like chocolate milk. Aerial images from volunteers with ...
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Lake Okeechobee releases suspected in nontoxic algae bloom in Manatee Pocket, Port Salerno
A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a month ago, which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with ...
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Study shows releases from Lake Okeechobee could be impacting red tide locally
Satellite imagery shows the red tide bloom ... Florida's red tide A study made the connection to water releases from Lake Okeechobee. NOKOMIS, Fla. - Dead fish is the last thing beach-goers ...
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The Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928
In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee.