Cleaning Florida’s Water and Restoring Wetlands

Florida district shifts its approach to stormwater management and water conservation.
Cleaning Florida’s Water and Restoring Wetlands
Environmental scientists Shane Overstreet (left) and Paul Ek collect water samples from the Wekiva River for lab testing.

Times have certainly changed when it comes to stormwater management in the Sunshine State.

“Back in the day,” says Dr. Ann Shortelle, executive director of the St. Johns River Water Management District, “the idea was to get as much water as possible off the land and into the ocean. It was ditch and drain.”

Now, however, with Florida the third most popu-lous state in the country and facing a growing concern about water supply and water quality in the future, the...

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