Water Board Awards One Of Its Members A Huge Contract
Wow, is this the kind of guy you want to manage your water? And is this the kind of guy you want to run your state? No and no. We thought St Johns River Water […]
High Arsenic Levels Detected in Bottled Water Made by Whole Foods
Not Nestle but still bottled water and not a necessary nor a safe product. Nestle has its own contaminants among them which are nitrates that may exceed by several times the EPA limit. And once […]
Well in Punta Gorda tests for radioactivity
Once again there are people in Florida who are worried for the safety of their water, both drinking and bathing. People in Florida also have learned with reason to be wary of assurances from […]
Prevent further damage to our imperiled springs
Dr. Knight paints a grim picture for the future of our springs. Our current leadership gives lip service but continues to allow their slow but steady destruction. After they are gone our leaders may […]
DR. Upchurch Comments On The MFLs Draft
Following are excerpts from the comments of Dr. Sam Upchurch on the draft of the proposed Minimun Flows and Levels (MFLs) written by the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD.) Dr. Upchurch is an internationally […]
Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States
This scary article tells what happens to all that plastic that is produced in the world every year. Of the millions of tons deposited on all parts of our planet, much of the source […]
RE: Florida boaters. Shouldn’t we expect them to have learned how to avoid hitting each other?
This article by Craig Pittman hits close to home, as we have recently experienced a near-fatal accident on the Santa Fe River at the doorstep of OSFR’s president. During 16 years of living on […]
Progress against algae could take decades
Lake Okeechobee is far from the Santa Fe, but the algae pollution problems in both places are similar, including the misconceptions and attitudes which are responsible for millions in wasted money and polluted waters as […]
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