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A very selective focus on park financing

Posted on September 15, 2021 by TomSeptember 15, 2021

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection still defends the idea of raising more revenues within the state park system, even though that system already raises more than two-thirds of expenditures (far above the national average). It is obvious that picking on … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget and finance, Florida water resources, Water quality, Water use

“Polluted Paradise” (1949)

Posted on September 6, 2021 by TomSeptember 6, 2021

Philip Wylie‘s 1949 article on water pollution in Miami probably made as big an environmental difference as any other piece of Florida journalism. “Polluted Paradise” showed a national audience how much of Miami’s sewage was completely untreated and piped straight … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida water resources, SFWMD, Water quality

The Wanderer

Posted on August 18, 2021 by TomAugust 18, 2021

It was around 1950 that the Wanderer appeared in the streets of many Florida towns, crying out a grim vision of the state’s future. Afterward, no one could say exactly what she looked like, but all agreed that her hair resembled … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture and water, Florida water resources, Water quality, Water use

Florida water treatment

Posted on August 12, 2021 by TomAugust 12, 2021

Michael J. McGuire, author of “The Chlorine Revolution,” also maintains a blog, This Day in Water History. I have excerpted below the Florida portion of what he found about water treatment in the August 10, 2021 edition of the Municipal … Continue reading →

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Please stop the bombast-it is just a water rule

Posted on July 7, 2021 by TomJuly 7, 2021

Will the stale “states’ rights” rhetoric of some Florida’s politicians ever be toned down? Look, for example, at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s breathless press release about suing to overturn the recent EPA rule on “Waters of the United States.” She … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida water resources, Uncategorized, Water quality

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