SFWMD Working with Army Corps to Avoid Harmful Releases from Lake Okeechobee to Estuaries After Dorian
Sept. 6, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Director Drew Bartlett and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District Commander Col. Andrew Kelly held a joint press conference today detailing the cooperative efforts the two agencies are undertaking to reduce the need for harmful lake releases and to move water south of Lake Okeechobee.
Kelly said that because of the work SFWMD is doing and because of dry rainfall projections for the next week, USACE does not plan to make any releases from the lake to the coastal estuaries this week and will continue to monitor lake levels.