The Conservancy of Southwest Florida recently completed a filter marsh to improve the quality of water flowing into the Gordon River and Naples Bay.  WGCU’s John Davis reports…

Since
the 1920s the Tamiami Trail has acted as a dam across the Everglades,
stopping the historic north/south flow of water.  Now a long-considered
plan to increase water flow is moving forward.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry
reports.

More
than a thousand people showed up for a Cape Coral City Council meeting
Tuesday night to hear and to give input about a plan to extend city
water to 60 thousand properties in the North Cape.  As WGCU’s John
Davis reports, most of the meetings speakers oppose the project.

Last
month the City of Cape Coral mailed assessments to sixty thousand
property owners in the North Cape for a utility expansion project to
provide access to city water.  But with the slumping economy many
property owners say they’re struggling just to pay their mortgages and
can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars for a new water plant.  WGCU’s
John Davis reports.

A
huge algae bloom in Tampa Bay could soon start killing fish. 
Scientists say the bloom is not red tide and that it was likely fueled
by pollutants in runoff from recent rains following a lengthy drought. 
WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

The Charlotte Harbor
estuary may soon have another phosphate mine in its watershed. CF
Industries recently applied to extend its mine by seventy-five hundred
acres. Although the mine is in Hardee County, it’s raised concerns
about water from residents downstream in Charlotte County.  WGCU’s
Farah Dosani reports.

A federal appeals court yesterday reversed a judge’s ruling saying that the South Florida Water Management District violated the Clean Water Act by pumping polluted canal water into Lake Okeechobee.  Water managers say the pumping is necessary…environmental advocates say they’ll appeal.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

After
the driest six month period ever in the South Florida Water Management
District, the Month of May was the wettest ever recorded.  WGCU’s Mike
Kiniry reports.

Parts
of Southwest Florida saw some afternoon showers on Wednesday with more
rain expected in the coming days, but water managers say it will take
more than that to move the region out of a severe drought.  WGCU’s John
Davis has more.

The beginning of Hurricane Season is three weeks away – June 1^st.  It’s also hails the beginning of the rainy season.   Water Managers say it can’t get here
fast enough.   WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.