DeSantis Commits Billions More to Boost Water Quality and Everglades Restoration

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has doubled down on the work his administration had carried out in his first term to improve the Sunshine State’s water quality.
At a Jan. 10 press conference in Bonita Springs, in a restaurant set to reopen after repairing Hurricane Ian’s damage, DeSantis announced an executive order committing another $3.5 billion to water quality projects in the state.
They include restoring the Everglades, improving the freshwater flow to Florida Bay at the state’s southern tip, and protecting the 150-mile-long and biodiverse Indian River Lagoon on the state’s Atlantic Coast.
During his administration’s first term, it spent $3.3 billion on water quality improvements enabled by what DeSantis says was good legislative budgetary management and the state’s growing economy….}