Matthew Kauerauf/ WPTV News

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — The South Florida Water Management District is moving forward with plans for a 4,800-acre stormwater treatment area in the Kissimmee Basin, and dozens of residents gathered at Indian River State College in Okeechobee on Thursday to voice their concerns.

"I'm frustrated, concerned and worried," resident Jim Reynolds told WPTV's Kate Hussey. Okeechobee residents sound off as state moves ahead with stormwater project

WPTV first started reporting on the project two years ago , when commissioners and residents started to speak up in opposition.

The project, north of Lake Okeechobee, is designed to filter phosphorus and nitrogen before the pollutants reach the lake.

"Because the water going into Lake Okeechobee has too many nutrient

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