… and to move forward with really strong speed after, quite frankly, a lot of this had been languishing, and there was a lot of frustration that progress wasn't being made. We have gotten over $8 billion just in state money and state investments since 2019 for both water quality and Everglades restoration. In July, we announced that we've tripled the water storage capacity in South Florida since I've been governor, including we open the important C43 reservoir, which will help mediate discharges into the Caloosahatchee. (02:03–02:15)
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