While we didn't get a direct hit from Tropical Storm Debbie, it still left Southwest Florida with a lot of issues.
Officials have been watching our water quality very closely ever since, with patches of murky waters and algae booms since.
In a recent panel with water experts, NBC2 anchor Peter Busch asked how they would rate our water quality on a scale from one to ten.
Calusa Waterkeeper Captain Cody Pierce rated the water quality a four - due to decades of deterioration to the algae blooms we are seeing today.
Images of large patches of algae blooms have been seen in the recent weeks since Tropical Storm Debbie.
Thankfully no red or blue-green algae has appeared yet. Waterkeepers say the wooly algae and marine plankton are still cutting off oxygen.
Pierce responded to a fish kill in mid-August on Matlacha Pass .
Water scientists are seeing a type of fresh water algae making for gross conditions.
"I am surprised, its a very large mass of a freshwater algae called Spirogyra," FGCU Algae Expert Dr. Barry Rosen said. "Its very much a freshwater organism, it can probably tolerate the marine for a while, it excretes a mucilage, which makes it slimy to the touch, to help it resist salinity."
What water experts will be watching is what happens when these algae blooms die off - the question is, will we see another fish kill on Matlacha?
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