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TALLAHASSEE \u2014 Florida Department of Environmental Protection is upgrading some of its technology and online information.<\/p>\n
It should help with the state giving updated information on blue-green algae, red tide and other aspects of water quality, according to letter from FDEP Chief Science Officer Mark Rains.<\/p>\n
The blue-green algae report has been going out weekly for years in Florida, he noted. That will be phased out on Oct. 31 in favor of a new digital dashboard at ProtectingFlorida Together.gov.<\/p>\n
Rains states it will help bring \u201ctimely and integrated information\u201d to Florida residents and visitors, along with other stakeholders.<\/p>\n
\u201cUpdated daily, the dashboard combines statewide data on water quality, blue-green algae and red tide into one interactive platform,\u201d the letter states. \u201cIt features a statewide map with current conditions, a project map highlighting ongoing restoration efforts and a resource center with fact sheets and other tools.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone can subscribe to the dashboard information to receive text alerts and emails that will be \u201ctailored to their area of interest,\u201d about area water quality.<\/p>\n
Information about water quality continues to be \u201ca priority,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow this information is at your fingertips,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cThis transition gives residents faster access to more accurate, actionable information about our waters and provides more ways to stay informed and engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those interested in learning more, or to sign up for email or text alerts, can visit the website at ProtectingFlorida Together.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE \u2014 Florida Department of Environmental Protection is upgrading some of its technology and online information. It should…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[749,266,748,232,234,233,13220,13219],"class_list":["post-15282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-breaking-news","tag-local-news","tag-newsbreak","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-the-daily-sun","tag-waterline-new-dashboard-going-online-for-water-quality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}