Clean Water Act

Many locals expected heavy blue-green algae outbreak in Southwest Florida this summer like this one pictured above in the St. John's River recently

Clean water group shifts constitutional efforts to 2026

A group seeking to make clean water a constitutional right in Florida has restarted efforts to get the measure on the ballot.The FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org committee fell short of collecting nearly 900,000 valid signatures of registered voters for placement on the 2024 ballot. But the committee now is aiming to get its proposal before voters in 2026.

Maya K. van Rossum spoke at Florida Gulf Coast University on Friday, urging the 80 students and staff to become involved not only in a statewide effort to change the Florida Constitution to include the right to access clean water, but to work to ensure everybody can experience a healthy environment

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Clean water activist urges action in talk at FGCU's The Water School

Tom Bayles

In a talk at Florida Gulf Coast University's The Water School, Maya K. van Rossum urged students and staff to become involved not only in a statewide effort to change the Florida Constitution to include the right to access clean water, but to work to ensure everybody can experience a healthy environment.

The “Gateway to The Springs” mural — painted by Douglas Hancock — welcomes visitors as they drive through High Springs, Sunday, May 8, 2022.

Wellspring: Why some rural Florida families are forced to depend on bottled water

Sara Lindsay

In a region known for its natural water, some families that rely on private wells are living out of bottles and jugs, filtered pitchers and faucets.

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Federal Wetlands Protections Threatened by Bill Advancing in FL Legislature

John Davis

A Florida Senate committee, Wednesday, advanced a bill (SB 1402) which aims to place a longstanding federal program that protects wetlands through the…