The Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida, which was plagued by polluted water in Summer 2013. (Photo by Dale, via Creative Commons)

The Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida was plagued by polluted water in the summer of 2013. (Photo by Dale, via Creative Commons.)

In the third part of the series “Florida’s Shrinking Workforce,” Ashley Lopez, with WGCU public radio in Fort Myers and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, examines how decades of job cuts to state agencies have affected Florida’s ability to monitor its water quality as well as provide required assistance to the jobless.

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