Water Quality

The city of Fort Myers is admitting that it did not follow procedures, after high amounts of coliform bacteria showed up in test samples last November.Some city representatives, however, said they didn't know.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission completed a revegetation effort on Lake Okeechobee last week, improving the habitat in Fisheating Bay, Moore Haven Marsh, and the Fisheating Bay islands.

Mound House, a museum dedicated to the history of Fort Myers Beach, has a new public water quality monitoring station. The station collects 14 types of water quality data, including temperature, salinity, turbidity, pH and depth.

Lee County Utilities will end its routine free chlorine flush on May 21. It will convert its disinfection process back to the use of chloramines. The flush began May 1.

North Port is in the midst of two-week process to clear out the piping of the city's water system, which can be done while the water can still be used

For a good part of May, if you draw a glass of water and you’re a Lee County Utilities customer, you might notice a change in the taste, odor and color of the water.The utility will be temporarily converting its disinfectant process from chloramines to free chlorine residual from May 1 through 21.

An appeals court rules the sugar industry could not take water meant for the Everglades when the EAA is completed in about a decade

Sarasota Bay managers have managed a rare win in sea grass health and recovery in lagoons and bay around the state.

Calusa Waterkeeper meets to discuss its future, gather donations, and listen to experts like Mike Parsons from FGCU's The Water School