So, how much water will Florida be using in a couple of decades? Judged by the historical record of previous forecasts, it will be much less than current projections show. You could take a look, for example, at the 1994 … Continue reading
First, why can’t Florida create detailed hydrologic budgets for all the state’s waterbodies and apply that information in all water management decisions? For one thing, water measurements have built-in uncertainty. Streamflow gaging, for example, is subject to significant measurement error. … Continue reading
The Florida Conservation Coalition, Sonny Vergara, and others are letting us know that the legislature has loaded up a fast-moving train with bad environmental ideas. Section 10 of Senate Bill 1684 is representative: …a water management district may not reduce … Continue reading
One of the hardest things to notice sometimes is absence. Florida’s diminished water management systems carries forward on past momentum, still issuing press releases and reports about water management projects, still issuing environmental and water use permits, still holding governing … Continue reading
According to FDEP Secretary Herschel Vinyard’s op-ed yesterday, critics of his policies like Bob Graham and Nathaniel Reed actually are attacking agency staff: It may be popular in some circles to criticize the 4,000 DEP employees or the 3,000 employees from … Continue reading