Did you know the South Florida Water Management District, along with our local, state and federal partners, works on the largest and most complex water quality and ecosystem restoration projects in the world?
On this World Water Day, we celebrate the continued momentum to improve water quality in South Florida while ensuring an adequate water supply now and into the future.
Did you know the South Florida Water Management District safeguards and protects the region’s water resources to ensure there is an adequate water supply for all of South Florida's needs? SFWMD hydrogeologists, water managers and many other staff work to plan, monitor, evaluate and identify water supply sources to meet the needs of the region’s residents, visitors and the environment.
In South Florida, most of the water we use comes from underground aquifers, including in Lee and Collier counties. As a direct result of below-average rainfall for the last five months, groundwater levels in aquifers beneath Lee and Collier counties are low. Drier than average conditions in these counties are forecasted to persist for the remainder of the dry season (end of May).
