This data map shows how clean the water is before you go swimming or fishing near Fort Myers. Florida algal bloom map : This data map shows results from the last 90 days. Blue-green algae are ...

Fort Myers Beach Cape Coral, Lover's Key, Bonita Beach as well as the island of Sanibel and Captiva, are other popular beaches and are located a quick drive away. For freshwater fishing, try your ...

A new water taxi connecting North Fort Myers to downtown the Fort Myers riverfront is making waves after just a few months. The taxi makes four stops along the Caloosahatchee ...

In addition to public offerings, residents of the Brightwater community receive exclusive benefits, including unlimited ...

A boil water notice was issued on Feb. 21, 2024 for the areas shown on this map provide by the city of Fort Myers.

Though the city of Fort Myers has worked to clean up chronic water pollution, with spikes in prices and population, it's a bigger job than predicted.

After a Fort Myers water main broke on Saturday Dec. 3, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a city-wide boil notice. On Wednesday, a notice lifted it for most of the city.

Visitors stroll the Fort Myers Beach pier on Monday 2/15/2016. Business owners in the eco tourism and fishing guide businesses are saying they are losing customers because of the brown water.

Fort Myers officials have decided to end the city's 9 p.m. curfew, but are waiting for results of water testing before taking down a boil water notice.

There’s a plan to keep the water flowing not down a river, but across a river. Progress is happening on an idea to move reclaimed water from Fort Myers to Cape Coral.

In the hardest-hit areas - meaning Fort Myers and surrounding communities - there's still no power or water and wide uncertainty about when it may be back. NPR's Greg Allen has been out talking to ...