Gov. Rick Scott on Friday appointed Ocala attorney Fred Roberts Jr. to the St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board. Roberts, 33, succeeds Arlen Jumper of Fort McCoy, whose term as a governor had expired in August. Roberts’ term will run until March 2015. “I’m excited about the opportunity,” he said on Monday. “Water…
When it comes to water conservation, Clearwater residents are being asked to keep on doing what they’re doing. Meanwhile, residents of other counties in West Central Florida are being asked to strictly limit their water use. The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board voted this week to continue Phase I water restrictions in the Tampa Bay…
When it comes to water conservation, Largo residents are being asked to keep on doing what they’re doing. Meanwhile, residents of other counties in West Central Florida are being asked to strictly limit their water use. The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board voted this week to continue Phase I water restrictions in the Tampa Bay…
When it comes to water conservation, Dunedin residents are being asked to keep on doing what they’re doing. Meanwhile, residents of other counties in West Central Florida are being asked to strictly limit their water use. The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board voted this week to continue Phase I water restrictions in the Tampa Bay…
The time has come to correct a major mistake in Florida’s system of managing water resources. Last year the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott cut more than $700 million from the state’s five water management districts. Hundreds of scientists, regulators, land managers and support staff were let go. Since then, the water districts have moved…
CORINTH, Miss. — A planned floodway canal clearing project has been completed in Corinth by the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District. The work on Bridge Creek is one of the priority drainage projects identified by the Bridge-Phillips-Elam Concurrent Drainage Districts in the aftermath of the May 2010 flood. Along with work at Bridge Creek…
