Join the effort to help the EAA reservoir project
Florida has declared a state of emergency regarding our water. Florida's crystal clear waters are turning to pea soup. It's a man-made crisis and can be fixed. The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir is a vital addition to the Central Everglades Project (CEP). This project, which has been part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan since it's authorization by Congress in 2000, will reduce polluted discharges to Florida's coastal communities by nearly 54% while increasing critical freshwater flow to the Florida Keys.
This solution must keep Floridians safe, while at the same time protecting the health of our marine ecosystems which are vital to our economy and way of life. We need immediate action on a long-term solution that will protect ALL Floridians.
Captains for Clean Water is a group that advances education, awareness and has scientifically supported solutions to restore and protect marine ecosystems for future generations. On July 9, 2018, they were behind a group effort that fired off messages to our Congress people and asked that bureaucratic red tape not stall the EAA reservoir project and it worked.
The Council on Environmental Quality and Army Corps of Engineers quickly sped up the process and sent the reservoir to Congress so it can be considered in the upcoming Senate vote on the Water Resources Development Act.
According to the Captains for Clean Water, "Florida is facing a significant water management crisis. Our state needs a long-term solution that will allow us to divert and clean the nutrient-laden fresh water currently killing estuaries on the East and West coasts, while not permitting high Lake Okeechobee levels to jeopardize the lives of those south of the lake. We need a solution to restore the natural sheet flow and provide much-needed, clean, fresh water to the Everglades, the South Florida aquifer and Florida Bay."
The Senate is expected to take up the authorization bill any day now. Not just Florida’s Senators- so your voice is needed now more than ever. Especially those of you who reside outside Florida. America’s Everglades is all of ours to protect.
Take action now and ask the U.S. Senate to authorize the EAA Reservoir. Check out this page for more info and see how to send a message to the Senate and more.
Or for more info, please email info@captainsforcleanwater.org
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1 Comments:
Remember lead in Portland Oregon's drinking water. Thousand of babies have developmental difficulties. Now jump to Miami's clean drinking water source, thousands of miles away, Lake Okeechobee and SUGAR, then down to the Florida Keys. I use to dive up lobster throughout the Florida keys beginning about 1965. The water was crystal clear low tide, high tide all tidal movements. The about 1985/90, the water began silting. Then about 2000 I couldn't dive on the outgoing/low tide. Then about 2005 I called the U.S. Coast Guard to ask if the water would be clean coming up on high tide otherwise why waste my time driving into the keys. Today you can hardly see five feet in front of you. 80% of the reefs are dead today. Now back to South Florida's clean drinking water source. Nothing can be more important. Jobie Steppe
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