by Michael Adno
Rushing toward the interior of the C-43 lock, adjacent to Lake Okeechobee’s Rim Canal, plumes of green and blue swirl on the surface then dissipate as nutrient sediment sinks to the bottom. Phosphorus gives the algae blooms plaguing the east coast their peculiar color. The water moving throughout the wide Rim Canal turns a corner toward the lock and narrows into a 50-foot wide section where water pours steadily into the Caloosahatchee River, the other side a turbid, metallic ochre color, the oxygen forming an archipelago of foam and run-off swirling around before flowing towards Ft. Myers. The same is happening across the lake at the C-44 lock emptying into the St. Lucie River towards Stuart, plunging our state into a seven-day state of emergency in four counties.
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