Water-supply utilities and agricultural operations in the Kissimmee River Basin will share more than $3 million in water supply funds approved by the governing board of the South Florida Water ...

In the reconstructed portion of the Kissimmee River, water is again flowing based on the amount of rain that falls in the basin. During times of high water like Florida is now experiencing ...

That's what federal and state officials did to the Kissimmee River in Central Florida. They straightened the river in the 1960s into a canal to drain swampland and make way for the state's ...

The Kissimmee River Basin lies in the middle of Central Florida's next projected growth boom. Tapping lakes and rivers has been on the list of future sources of water for the region to curb the ...

The South Florida Water Management District is turning its attention to the north end of the Kissimmee River basin, where residents long have complained that they’re ignored. “I think everyone ...

Restoring natural flows in the Kissimmee River is one of the top restoration priorities in South Florida as it will help ... work in the Kissimmee River basin that will allow the agency to hold ...

It’s a similar story on Florida’s east coast. At least nine records were broken for high water levels along the St. Johns River Basin ... The Upper Kissimmee Basin saw over 8 inches of rain ...

According to CBS4 News partner The Miami Herald, The Kissimmee River Basin, which drains into Lake ... Some areas even saw as much as 16 inches. The South Florida Water Management District told ...

ON THE KISSIMMEE RIVER, Fla. -- One hard rainfall won't even come close to solving the unprecedented drought withering much of Florida ... say the Kissimmee River basin needs about 5 feet of ...

Florida's Kissimmee River was channelized and dredged for flood control, but after a decades-long restoration effort, headwaters of the Everglades have returned to a more natural wetlands ecosystem.