Documenting the Discharges – 2023 to St Lucie River/Indian River Lagoon from Lake Okeechobee – 74 days!
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Time: Around 11 am
Tide: High at Sewall’s Point
Pilot /Photographer: Ed Lippisch
Location: St Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon, St Lucie Inlet, Nearshore Reefs, Atlantic Ocean, Sailfish Flats, Jupiter Narrows, S-80 St Lucie Lock and Dam in St Lucie Canal (C-44), and S-308 at Port Mayaca at Lake Okeechobee
Hope giving “Seagrass Restoration Report” Power Point by Michael Yustin: Martin County Seagrass Restoration Project Thank you Michael for sharing!
Present discharge updates inn top banner: eyeonlakeo.com website – Todd Thurlow
S-80 at St Lucie Locks and Dam in St Lucie Canal (C-44)
S-308 at Port Mayaca – Lake Okeechobee no visible algae with cooler weather – sediment visible making lake cloudy
ACOE/SFWMD Environmental Envelope and present lake level is 14.39 feet
Water is continuously polluted and smells south of the crossroads. Incoming tides push the discharges south down the intracoastal and into the St Lucie preserve. I was kayaking the preserve yesterday at the time of the pictures. The water in Hole in the Wall smelled like sewage. It’s disgusting. Do they ever test the water in the Preserve? When will they pass the law that allows us to sue the scumbags releasing the toxic water that lingers around my dock and in the preserve?
I really appreciate your writing this. Not many people get down into that area. I agree. Keep writing.