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The Upper Ocklawaha Basin Working Group will hold a meeting on February 25 in Leesburg at the Leesburg Public Library. This meeting is open to the public. Topics to be discussed are the activities proposed for the second phase of the Upper Ocklawaha Basin Management Action Plan, new water quality improvement projects in the basin, and the condition of lake water quality. The Upper Ocklawaha Basin Working Group was formed to provide a forum for stakeholders to discuss issues related to the basin’s nutrient Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Harris Chain of Lakes, Palatlakaha River, and Lake Apopka. The Second Phase of the Upper Ocklawaha Basin Management Action Plan was adopted in 2014 to address nutrient problems in the previously listed waterbodies.