Lack
of rainfall is threatening the City of Cape Coral’s water supply.  It’s
also increased the risk of brush fires there.  Now city officials are
stepping up enforcement of water use restrictions.  WGCU’s Chelsey
Stoner reports.

The South Florida Water Management District wraps up the comment period on its proposed Watershed Protection Plan for the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Rivers this week. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

November 1st marks the official start of Florida's dry season, and with forecasters predicting lower than average rainfall this year water managers are talking conservation. WGCU's John Davis reports.

We’ve reached the midpoint of the 2008 Hurricane Season. Florida’s gone from severe drought conditions to having too much water in some regards. Tropical Storm Fay brought the water level in Lake Okeechobee up further, faster than ever before in recorded history. In response the U-S Army Corps of Engineers has begun a series of so-called low level pulse releases into the Caloosahatchee & St. Lucy Rivers…in order to keep the lake level low enough to not be a threat to the aging Herbert Hoover Dike that surrounds it. Chief of Emergency Management in the Corps’ Jacksonville District - Aaron Stormant – says if he had his way we’d get no more rain from tropical systems this year…though he says he knows that’s highly unlikely.

When it comes to south Florida’s water supply…how quickly times can change. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Tropical Storm Hanna is not expected to make a direct hit on Florida but officials are concerned about the potential rainfall it will bring to areas already drenched by Tropical Storm Fay. Trimmel Gomes reports.

Tropical Storm Fay has some benefit for those parts of Florida most affected by a long-running drought. Margie Menzel reports.

Florida’s top environmental official is praising the latest ruling in a long-running legal battle with Georgia over the river system they share with Alabama. Margie Menzel reports.

Water managers have opened two canals that flow into Lake Okeechobee for the first time since the 2006 wet season…thanks to recent above-average rainfall. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

The National Weather Service says two and a half inches of rain fell on Fort Myers Wednesday. So far, ten inches of rainfall have been recorded this month. While rainy weather can ruin a day at the beach, water managers say everyone benefits in the end. WGCU's John Davis reports.