The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they will be educating boaters about safe boating practices over the Fourth of July holiday weekend as part of “Operation Dry Water.” That will include boating sober and enforcing Florida’s boating under the influence laws. The goal is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents and fatalities. The national Operation Dry Water weekend will take place Friday thru Sunday. The Independence Day holiday is one of the busiest boating holidays of the year. In July of 2019, Florida had five fatalities and 68 people injured due to BUI related boating accidents.