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The floodgates from Lake Okeechobee have forced billions of gallons of polluted water into the
Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River Estuaries and Indian River Lagoon, destroying critical
resources and bringing toxic algae blooms to the coastal communities. The water from Lake
Okeechobee should be going SOUTH to the Everglades where nature intended. We must tell
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the South Florida Water Management District and all our
Local Elected Officials to stop the Lake Okeechobee discharges to the northern estuaries and
send the water south to the Everglades.
The Rivers Coalition has supported the early plans by the C&SF Restudy Recon Report (Plan 6)
(1994) for a flowway from Lake Okeechobee south through the Everglades Agricultural Area
(EAA) to the Everglades. Learn more about a NEW initiative, “Rescue the River of Grass”, to
prevent Lake O discharges to the northern estuaries and send clean water SOUTH to the
Everglades.