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Article: South Florida water summit to help prepare for future droughts.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2007
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Byline: Andy Reid
Jul. 4--Even before the end of the drought of 2007, a water summit on July 30 seeks to better prepare South Florida for dry years to come.
Forecasters warn that summer rains might not be enough to lift South Florida out of one its worst droughts on record, setting up the possibility of an even worse water supply problem next year.
As a result, the South Florida Water Management District plans to host a meeting of water experts, farmers, bass fishermen and anyone else with water concerns to discuss how to prepare for the next drought.
"Take what we learned from the drought and [decide] how, perhaps, we can manage the ...