Florida Sugarcane FarmersORLANDO South of are 100% Committed to Clean Water

It’s Time to Take What We’ve Done • Re-directed water from farms south of Lake Okeechobee a Hard Look (Northern EAA) so all runoff flows south at the Truth about • Changed farming practices: GPS leveling of fields, maintaining TAMPA extensive sediment controls, and holding water to reduce runoff

Our Water Issues • Cleaned every drop of water flowing off our farms and reduced the phosphorus by an annual average of 57% since 1996 (more than double the 25% required reduction) Little Kissimmee Basin • Helped fund the construction of 60,000 acres of stormwater treatment areas, to further clean farm, lake, and suburban runoff Manatee River • Invested millions into restoration, research and on-farm water $ and soil management efforts WATER• Provided more than 200 square miles (120,000 acres) of SARASOTA farmland for water projects, including the land on which the INFLOWEAA Reservoir will be constructed Prairie Creek 99% These*2018 SFWMD have DBHYDRO resulted data in St.nearly Lucie 95%STUART of the 2.5 million River acres of achieving the 10 parts per billion LAKE O phosphorus standard – theC-44 cleanest in our lifetime DISCHARGES L- 8 Canal 30% West Palm Beach Canal *2018 SFWMD DBHYDRO data C-43 Caloosahatchee PAHOKEE STA WEST River CLEWISTON STA 1W 1E PALM

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EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK Learn more facts and about our commitment to clean water at LakeOkeechobeeInfo.org