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Many, including environmentalists such as Mark Perry of FLORIDA’S ESTUARIES the Florida Oceanographic Society, say that water should be pumped south along its more natural course, thus al- ARE DROWNING leviating pressure on the two estuaries. By sending water into the areas to the south of Lake Okeechobee known as the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) pressure on the es- BY GLENN HAYES tuaries to the east and west could be alleviated. One issue with doing so, however, is that 500,000 acres of the approxi- mately 700,000 acres determined as natural filtration for the southward flowing water are now primarily filled with sugar crops. The area to the south of the lake has now been engineered to protect the crops and urbanization farther south from flooding. Most of the water that does flow south is diverted around these areas and has entered the Ever- glades without the natural filtration it once had. Attempts at remediation of the polluted water flowing into the Ev- erglades has legislative backing but has had only limited success partly due to numerous lawsuits by various groups. Such pollution and runoff is another water management di- lemma that is a work in progress. Florida Governor Rick Scott recently saw the destruction occurring in the St. Lucie Estuary during a tour of the area and proposed plans to reduce the flow into this and the Caloosahatchee Estuary. “Every drop of water that we can send south and keep out of the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries is a win for Florida families,” Scott said. One project involves building another long bridge on Tamiami Trail (similar to one already completed) that will ater is the life-blood of Florida. The state is vegetation such as the sea grass beds and oyster bars Fish and wildlife are disappearing and the help in the natural flow of waters into the Everglades that surrounded by pristine coastal waters and are dying off. Salinity levels have plummeted, and as a re- tourists are certain to follow. Freshwater have been blocked by this roadway for many decades. boasts magnificent estuaries that are teem- sult, once-clear and pristine waters have turned to mucky W The other proposal is to treat floodwater before it reaches ing with fish and wildlife. Its delicate and brown algae-laden pools. Areas that were once teeming discharge is to blame. the estuary. Treatment area plans are in the works for both spectacular springs, aquifers and many lakes are a draw for with life are now deserted and barren, with algae blooms coasts but are just proposals with no funding as of yet and visitors. But the complex and fragile waters of Florida have being the only visible growth.