Sewage

Cost of septic system conversion for residents in Charlotte County could go up as county faces growing labor and supply costs on a project aimed at improving water quality to areas like Charlotte Harbor.

Utility rate increases approved by Lee County to impact customers on Fort Myers Beach.

In a plan to reduce pollution entering the Estero River, the Village of Estero is looking at ways to stop the use of septic systems and water wells. The village wants to require some homeowners to hook into a new utility systems.

Both of the Lee County projects are anticipated to result in an estimated reduction of approximately 4,500 pounds of nitrogen per year and 420 pounds of phosphorus per year, which will decrease nutrient loading to the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary Basin.

The funds are part of of more than $7.1 million in awards announced Tuesday by Governor Ron DeSantis for nine Florida communities through the Rural Infrastructure Fund program.

Tens of thousands of leaking septic systems are contributing to Southwest Florida’s water-quality woes, sending nutrient-rich fecal matter throughout the region’s shallow water table and porous soils to pollute groundwater, feed outbreaks of blue-green algae, and fuel more intense fish-killing red tides.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is imposing a nearly $1.8 million fine on the City of Fort Lauderdale for the more than 200...

Fort Lauderdale is soaked in waste after six sewage spills from decaying pipes dumped more than 126 million gallons of raw sewage directly into nearby...

The city of Fort Lauderdale released a long-awaited study Thursday about the status of its stormwater and drainage systems. In an update to the city's...