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Back to school

Florida scores a D+ on Gulf of Mexico report card

Florida needs to go back to school when it comes to living up to the federal Clean Water Act, a coalition of environmental groups said. The Gulf Restoration Network gave the state Department of Environmental Protection a D+ on the network’s “Clean Up Your Act!” report card grading the five Gulf of Mexico states. (Naples Daily News)
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The Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority's 6-billion-gallon reservoir is filling near Fort Ogden in DeSoto County. MIKE LANG/Sarasota Herald-Tribune  
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Softer and purer

Reservoir puts better water back on the region's menu

Say "so long" to that hard water that leaves spots on your glassware and stains in your sink. For much of the last three drought-stricken years, water pumped from deep wells — water that is high in minerals and sulfates — has been the dry-season staple. But softer, purer water from the Peace River is back on the menu largely because of a new square-mile reservoir. (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

175,000? 70,000? 91,000? No one knows for sure how many septic tanks exist in Jacksonville. BRUCE LIPSKY/Florida Times-Union  
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Septic mystery

Tanks cloud Jacksonville's plans for cleaner water

When Jacksonville's Water and Sewer Expansion Authority was given the job of helping older neighborhoods get off septic tanks and onto sewer lines, managers asked JEA in 2003 how many homes and businesses in the city still had tanks. But six years later, no one knows for sure how many exist. (Florida Times-Union)

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Water spout in Delray Beach
WPTV viewers called in Saturday to report their sightings of water spouts — one near the Boynton Inlet and another near Delray Beach.
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