Increase in water sampling to help prevent algae blooms

Reporter: Stephanie Byrne
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Scientist Amanda Gray with South Florida Water Management District gathers water samples from the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County. Credit: WINK News.

Officials are making the effort to stay on top of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades before more problems manifest in the ongoing water crisis.

To try to get ahead of massive blue-green algae blooms, water management officials voted to take water samples more often at dozens of more sites.

WATCH the video above for the full story by WINK News Reporter Stephanie Byrne, who spoke to professionals doing the same work here in Southwest Florida.

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