The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. This algae bloom is in the St. Lucie Estuary on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. This algae bloom is in the St. Lucie Estuary on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. This algae bloom is in the St. Lucie Estuary on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. This algae bloom is in the St. Lucie Estuary on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. This algae bloom is in the St. Lucie Estuary on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The S-80 discharge structure on the C-44 canal in Martin County on Friday July 8, 2016. The Army Corp of Engineers is pulsing water from the C-44 canal through the S-80 discharge structure to try and alleviate the aglae problem in the St. Lucie Estuary. (Joseph Forzano / The Palm Beach Post)

Algae formed around the Herbert Hoover Dam on Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges. (Joseph Forzano / The Palm Beach Post)

Algae formed around the Herbert Hoover Dam on Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges. (Joseph Forzano / The Palm Beach Post)

Algae formed around the Herbert Hoover Dam on Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges. (Joseph Forzano / The Palm Beach Post)

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. Aglae sits on top of Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. Aglae sits on top of Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

The algae bloom from Lake Okeechobee has grown since it was first measured in May. Environmentalists believe it now stretches more than 200 square miles. Aglae sits on top of Lake Okeechobee on Friday, July 8, 2016. South Florida Water Management District says the aglae bloom has dissipated some, following efforts to minimize impacts from the Lake O discharges.

Portrait of firefighter Paula Ursini, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Fire Station 4 in Boca Raton. On December 6, 2015, Ursini saved a woman who drove her car into a canal in Boca Raton. Ursini was off duty at the time. She jumped into the canal and pulled the woman to safety on the shore. Ursini met with the woman she saved on December 21, 2015, the first time since the rescue. Ursini will be awarded for bravery by the Boca Raton Fire Department in January 2016. (Joseph Forzano / The Palm Beach Post)