News: Conservancy files two petitions seeking to changes to handling water flow on Caloosahatchee River
Posted on September 03, 2010
Naples Daily News
09/03/10
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has filed two petitions seeking to change the way state and federal agencies handle water flows on the Caloosahatchee River.
In a petition to the state Division of Administrative Hearings, the group is asking a judge to invalidate a water use rule the group says allows agricultural interests in the Lake Okeechobee Service Area to take too much water from the river at the expense of citizens and the environment.
A second petition filed with the South Florida Water Management District seeks to have the agency revise the rule that sets a minimum flow of freshwater from Lake Okeechobee to coastal estuaries.
The rule, adopted in 2001, is not adequate to protect the river during dry seasons, causing environmental damage downstream, the group says.
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