A $5 million filter backwash tank scheduled for completion in 2026 will keep the lime lagoon at the water treatment facility in its banks and away from encroaching on Middletown Regional Airport land, ...

When it comes to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, everyone has a boogeyman. In a year when a record manatee die-off put lagoon pollution under a microscope, some blame Lake Okeechobee's ...

We've probably all heard the platitude, "It took decades for the lagoon to get this bad; it'll take decades to fix it." Really? When I hear that, I think: "Well, I'll be dead by then!" The current ...

MERRITT ISLAND — Every day, human waste seeps from thousands of septic tanks toward the Indian River Lagoon. Nitrogen, phosphorus and pathogens in the waste, coupled with high water tables and sandy ...

A federal judge ruled May 19 that Florida has to temporarily stop approving new septic tanks in areas near the Northern Indian River Lagoon and plan to start feeding manatees again when they are faced ...

SEBASTIAN, Fla. (CBS12) — After more than a year of back and forth with the Department of Health and Indian River County, a Sebastian sports bar is still at odds over a leaky septic tank. Not only is ...

TALLAHASSEE — Rep. Randy Fine said when he filed a bill to mandate septic tank inspections as part of real estate sales, he didn't expect it to be controversial. Home buyers and sellers pay for ...

(WSVN) - A wildlife group is taking the state to court over the organization’s efforts at saving manatees in Florida. Bears Warriors United sued the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to ...

What's going on at the bottom of the Indian River Lagoon is a story the Environmental Learning Center wants to tell. The center's "12 Days of Christmas" wish is for aquarium equipment that will help ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANDUSKY, Ohio (WJW) — David Moss takes his ...