Quality of water should be priority
To the editor:
My neighbors (and I) here in Cape Coral are currently very concerned about the water shortage and that we are limited in watering our lawns. But while we all should be concerned about these shortages we should also be very involved in our water QUALITY and be aware of the ways it is being impacted. Did you know:
• Eight hundred of Florida’s 1,000 springs are polluted.
• Nearly a million acres of estuaries and 9,000 miles of rivers and streams are contaminated with fecal bacteria.
• Blue-green algae blooms are common and can cause neurodegenerative diseases.
• Red tides have exploded in frequency, duration and intensity, costing local economies billions of dollars.
• No state has more acres of polluted lake water or has lost more acres of wetlands than Florida.
Please – Sign the citizen ballot initiative by the RTCW to strengthen and ENFORCE the existing laws that provide clean and healthy water AND waterways to Florida citizens. https://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org.
Contact your state and local elected officials to let them know you are against any law that discourages voters’ participation in government by restricting citizen ballot initiatives (this includes the RTCW.) The relevant elected officials for Southwest Florida can be reached at:
Senators: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/DistrictsRepresentatives: https://www.flhouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative
Carrie Cremia
Cape Coral