Or is there a better way to fight water pollution?   Will technology save us from toxic algae? __________________________________ U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds thinks toxic blue-green algae may have a high-tech solution. Donalds, a Naples Republican, has co-sponsored a house resolution to let the Environmental Protection Agency make grants to private firms that use emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics or distributed ledgers to tackle water quality problems. Could this work, or it is just a techno-fantasy? We take a look in this week's newsletter. Read the latest Update from VoteWater Please Donate!   Coming Up: VoteWater Executive Director Gil Smart will join Friends of the Everglades' Executive Director Eve Samples and Florida House Reps. Lindsay Cross and Anna Eskamani for a livestream discussion of the upcoming legislative session from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Use the button below to register for the event. Register Now On our Social Our Facebook post linking to a DiverNet.com article on swimming with sewage off Boyton Beach generated outrage, sadness - and dozens of comments. Don't follow us on social? Let's change that! Read More Become a Member Please Donate P.S. Signatures Needed! The "Right to Clean and Healthy Waters" petition needs 223,000 signatures by March 1 and 900,000 signature by November 30 to get on the 2024 ballot. The petition can be printed out and signed here: [link removed]     VoteWater | 3727 SE Ocean Blvd., Suite 200A, Stuart, FL 34996 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!