THE EVERGLADES 

PROVIDES YOUR DRINKING WATER! 

 

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South Florida’s economic engines tourism, real estate, fishing, and recreation all depend on clean water.

 

South Florida’s world-renowned biodiversity depends on a healthy Everglades.

 

A healthy Everglades depends on

water from Lake Okeechobee.

 

Sending water to the Everglades will protect the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries and communities 

from harmful releases of polluted water from Lake Okeechobee.

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Year -round freshwater keeps the Everglades ecosystem healthy. If the Everglades does not get the water it needs, it is subject to soil loss and devastating wildfires. 

 

The Everglades Foundation

is the leading voice on restoring andprotecting the Everglades.