Carol Wehle, left, director of the South Florida Water Management District, shows a chart of Lake Okeechobee's water levels as George Horne, South Florida Water Management District deputy executive director of operations and maintenance, looks on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, during a helicopter tour of Lake Okeechobee. Lake Okeechobee, a backup drinking water source for five million people and the heart of the Everglades, sits at a record low.Plans are under way to restrict lawn-watering and cut water allocations to golf courses and crops in South Florida, as top water and agriculture officials said Monday they expect the region's drought to worsen next year.

Photo by Alan Diaz, AP photo

Carol Wehle, left, director of the South Florida Water Management District, shows a chart of Lake Okeechobee's water levels as George Horne, South Florida Water Management District deputy executive director of operations and maintenance, looks on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, during a helicopter tour of Lake Okeechobee. Lake Okeechobee, a backup drinking water source for five million people and the heart of the Everglades, sits at a record low.Plans are under way to restrict lawn-watering and cut water allocations to golf courses and crops in South Florida, as top water and agriculture officials said Monday they expect the region's drought to worsen next year.

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