27. In 2018, the SFWMD fined the Hobe-St. Lucie water control district $8,013 for polluting the same area of the river with nearly 60% more turbidity than the agency allows. The SFWMD initially ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection was still investigating and had drawn no conclusion Friday. State investigates: DEP, SFWMD surveys St. Lucie River water pollution Sediment runoff ...

Kayaker Kino Velez reported the water pollution to DEP, the SFWMD and Martin County on Jan. 27 after kayaking that stretch of the river. He sent them and TCPalm photos, including one showing a ...