Gov. DeSantis heads to Palm Beach County: What’s behind today’s surprise reservoir visit?

Описание: WETLANDS WATCH | When it rains too much in South Florida, Lake Okeechobee fills fast. With nowhere for the extra water to go, the Army Corps of Engineers has long pumped it east and west — toward the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Rivers — carrying pollution that fuels toxic blue-green algae, closes beaches, and hurts local businesses.

Governor Ron DeSantis says that cycle is finally changing.

Standing on the edge of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) project site in western Palm Beach County on Thursday, DeSantis called it “another major step” in restoring the River of Grass and cutting those harmful discharges.

“Today is another major step that we are taking to restore the country’s most unique and prized ecosystem, the Florida Everglades,” DeSantis said.

The event marked the groundbreaking of the new EAA Inflow Pump Station — a nine-pump facility DeSantis called “one of the largest pump stations in Florida.”

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