SOUTH FLORIDA WATER QUALITY PROBLEM

Ongoing water-quality problems across South Florida have caused Governor Rick Scott to order more action to del with red tide in coastal communities. Scott directed the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to mobilize all available resources to address impacts in Southwest Florida.  U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is being challenged by Scott in the November election, said the algae that has spread in waterways along both coasts is a problem that’s been years in the making and will take years to fix. In a news release the Scott campaign called on Congress, and Nelson in particular, to stop dragging their feet and take action to approve funding for repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee.