Ryan NicolMay 8, 2019
4min428
“Addressing our state’s water issues was one of my top priorities when running for this office."
Tag: Drew Bartlett
Ryan NicolMay 8, 2019Ryan NicolMarch 18, 2019
6min354
They say keeping the lake low could cause problems for South Florida.
Ryan NicolMarch 14, 2019
3min637
Bartlett also spent 16 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Peter SchorschApril 18, 2018
4min723
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released a video this week detailing Florida Atlantic University research on the Kissimmee River. Securing Florida’s Water Future: Kissimmee River spotlights a study conducted by FAU research professor Brian Lapointe, who works out of the university’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The video focuses on several factors that affect the quality of […]
Staff ReportsJune 23, 2017
6min366
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently awarded nearly $3 million for six stormwater projects to communities across Florida, it announced in a Friday news release. “Funded through annual appropriations from the Florida Legislature, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) grants support projects designed to improve water quality in impaired springs, rivers, lakes and estuaries, which need […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 22, 2016
5min372
Moving residents off septic systems should be included in efforts to clean up the Indian River Lagoon, experts said Thursday. Experts said wastewater run-off and septic systems play a role in the algae blooms that have plagued South Florida in recent years. And while it is just part of the problem, one expert said money […]
Staff ReportsNovember 3, 2015
4min515
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Darrell Smith told a Senate appropriations panel that voluntary standards adopted by the agriculture industry in South Florida – so-called “best management practices,” in Capitol-speak – are helping to clean up the Everglades by reducing water waste and nutrient levels. The practices include new water control structures to help slow the […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2015
3min245
In a Monday afternoon news release from the office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry containing a letter to Drew Bartlett of the Central Florida Water Initiative Steering Committee, the administration’s opposition to water withdrawals from the St. Johns River was made official. Curry has asked that water withdrawals from the upper and middle basins of the […]