The South Florida Watershed Kevin Carter, Office of Everglades Policy and Coordination, South Florida Water Management District [email protected], phone: 561-682-6949 Our Florida Reefs Community Working Group Meetings April 22 nd and April 28 th , 2014 1
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The South Florida Watershed
Kevin Carter,Office of Everglades Policy
and Coordination,South Florida Water Management [email protected], phone: 561-682-6949
Our Florida Reefs Community Working Group MeetingsApril 22nd and April 28th, 2014
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Presentation OverviewCentral & South Florida Flood Control System
(CS+F):History, Scale, and Complexity
Restoration at the Watershed Scale:CERP, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration PlanCEPP, Central Everglades Planning ProjectRS, Restoration StrategiesNEEPP, Northern Everglades + Estuaries Protection
Program
(hint: you will learn these acronyms, test at the end ) 2
What does the term Watershed mean to you?
Photo fromhttp://www.nsrwa.org/Page.121.html
“In the continental US, there are 2,110 watersheds; including Hawaii Alaska, and Puerto Rico, there are 2,267 watersheds”
http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/whatis.cfm
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Historic
Current
The South Florida
Watershed
Historical Events Leading to Constructionof C&SF Project
Hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 resulted in failure of the levee around Lake Okeechobee
Lower East Coast drought (1931 – 1945) and saltwater intrusion threat
Hurricane in 1947 resulted in wide-spread flooding throughout South Florida
State of Florida requested Federal assistance in 1947
Congress authorized the C&SF Project in 1948 Areas Flooded in
the 1947 Storm
• Lands stretch 240 miles from Orlando to the Keys
• 18,000 sq. miles, encompassing one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world
• ~2,000 miles of canals• ~2,800 miles of levees• More than 650 water
control structures and 700 project culverts
• Nearly 70 pump stations• 7.7 million residents• More than 3 million acres
of agriculture• Protected/Managed natural
areas
www.sfwmd.gov
Today’s SFWMD
SFWMD Core Mission
Five Water Management Districts were created by 1972 Water Resources Act:
Flood Control Operate & maintain largest water
management system in the worldWater Supply
Ensure sustainable water resources for South Florida’s environment and economy
Natural Systems Protect and restore the Northern and
Foundation for the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP, 373.4595 Florida Statutes): Defines the three
Coordinating Agencies: SFWMD, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
FDEP leads water quality restoration with its Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL)
FDEP collaborates with SFWMD, FDACS and local stakeholders
Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs) map the path forward for TMDL implementation:St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee
Estuaries, 1st phase BMAPs underway
Lake Okeechobee BMAP in planning phase http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/
bmap.htm
Florida Senate Select Committee on Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin The Committee, created on July 10, 2013 and
led by Senator Joe Negron, has conducted hearings to:Review water management policies and activitiesAssess the impact of Lake releases on the St. Lucie
EstuaryIdentify options to improve basin wide water
management, including alternatives to Lake discharges
Develop recommendations (short and long term) for improved water management
A Committee report was submitted November 4, 2013, to the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Environmental Preservation, and Agriculture