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South FL Transfers $1 Billion Clean Up Liability to St. Johns River Watershed

Aug 1, 2025 | Action Alert, Bacteria, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, Upper Basin/Headwaters

from Lisa Rinaman, your St. Johns Riverkeeper Florida produces more than 385,000 dry tons of sewage sludge every year and a disproportionate share of this sh!# is dumped in the Upper St. Johns River Basin. In Florida, most sewage sludge is classified as either Class...

Resilient Ribault: Environmental Quality Assessment Underway

Jul 11, 2025 | Bacteria, Nutrients, Pollutants, Resilient Ribault, Tributaries

Resilient Ribault St. Johns Riverkeeper is intentionally focusing time and resources into the Ribault River, Trout River, and Moncrief Creek watersheds as part of the Resilient Ribault project in an effort to improve water quality, community health and neighborhood...

5 Things to Know About Blue-Green Algae

Jun 11, 2025 | Algae, Bacteria, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, River Friendly

“Algae Season” is, unfortunately, in full bloom in the St. Johns River watershed. Harmful algae blooms (HABs) can prevent sunlight from reaching underwater plants (like the submerged aquatic vegetation we are fighting to SAVe), clog fish gills, and deplete oxygen from...

Sewage Sludge in the St. Johns

Mar 18, 2025 | Action Alert, Bacteria, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, Upper Basin/Headwaters

Sewage sludge, the waste by-product from treating our wastewater, continues to undermine the health of the St. Johns River at its very source. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permits the cheap disposal of sewage sludge (aka biosolids) on...

Unpermitted, High-Density Chicken Facility Threatens Our Headwaters

Nov 15, 2024 | Action Alert, Bacteria, Community, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants

Clean Water Advocates Unite in Indian River County to Protect the Upper Basin of the St. Johns River Clean water advocates united on Thursday over growing concerns regarding an unpermitted high-density chicken facility under construction in the headwaters of the St....

2024 State of the River Report

Oct 15, 2024 | Algae, Bacteria, Climate Change, Community, Dredging, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, SAVs, Tributaries, Wetland Impacts

The just-released 2024 State of the River Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin (LSJRR) once again reveals significant reason for concern regarding the fragile health of our river and its tributaries. While a few of the river health indicators seem to be...

Algae Blooms: What You Need to Know

Oct 4, 2021 | Bacteria, Nutrients, Our River

We are receiving numerous reports of algae blooms on the St. Johns River from the Jetties in Duval to Crescent Lake in Putnam/Flagler. Here’s what you need to know: What is an algae bloom? Blue-green algae, also called cyanobacteria, are tiny organisms naturally...

River Report Raises Water Quality Red Flags: Elevated Levels of Pollution and Saltwater Intrusion Cause for Alarm

Sep 16, 2019 | Bacteria, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Pollutants, Wetland Impacts

The 12th annual State of the River Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin was recently released by a team of academic researchers from Jacksonville University, University of North Florida, Florida Southern College and West Chester University. This annual report...