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Ask the Army Corps to choose a Lake Okeechobee plan that protects public health and our ecosystems.

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Please choose a Lake Okeechobee plan that protects public health & our ecosystems

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Dear Col. Andrew Kelly:

I’m writing to voice my support for a Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) that will protect the health of Florida’s residents and ecosystems.

Among the six final LOSOM plans you’re considering, only one has the potential to do this in a balanced manner: Plan CC. However, it requires some important improvements.

We’re asking you to revise Plan CC so it reduces harmful discharges to the Caloosahatchee Estuary and sends more water south to the southern Everglades. You can accomplish this by altering Plan CC so it sends water south through all lake zones, down to the Water Shortage Management Band.

This improved Plan CC would protect public health by reducing polluted Lake Okeechobee discharges to the northern estuaries, while restoring more needed flow to the Everglades and Florida Bay.

Time is running out for these vital ecosystems, which are inextricably linked to human health in Florida. This year’s toxic blue-green algae blooms in and around Lake O are a reminder of what’s at stake.

The Army Corps of Engineers has an opportunity to improve Florida’s water-management system with the adoption of LOSOM.

We respectfully request that you seize it.

Respectfully,

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