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13 1 Introduction The Everglades of south Florida once encompassed about 4,600 mi2 (three million acres) of slow-moving water and associated biota that stretched from the Lake Okeechobee drainage basin in the north to Florida Bay in the south (Figure 1-1)
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14 Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities In its several previous reports, the NRC has provided scientific and technical advice about aquifer storage and recovery (NRC, 2001a) , regional issues in aquifer storage and recovery (NRC, 2002a)
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Introduction 15 FIGURE 1-1. Much bigger than just Everglades National Park, the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (or south Florida ecosystem)
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16 Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities • a process for establishing an independent scientific review [committee of the National Research Council] of the National Academy of Sciences to review progress in meeting the restoration goals.
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Introduction 17 phase_1.cfm and http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/projects/proj_09_eaa_phase_2.cfm)
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18 Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities was 100 years ago, and the need for flood control in developed areas does not necessarily enhance the availability of water for ecological restoration. As a result, the Restoration Plan includes large amounts of new storage as a mechanism for supplying the water that is needed for both people and the ecosystem and changes in the delivery system that enable water to be supplied at the times and in the places where it is currently in shortest supply.
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Introduction 19 still a problem, particularly during severe hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 when winds and torrential rains caused overflow from Lake Okeechobee. Construction of the Herbert Hoover Dike between 1932 and 1938 was undertaken to provide additional flood control.
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20 Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities and magnitudes of water level fluctuations would be very different from those in the historical system and these could have detrimental effects on the ecosystem. Furthermore, the additional demand for water in south Florida by the growing human population almost surely will require additional and possibly longer-term storage.
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Introduction 21 These principles are discussed in detail in Chapter 3 in the context of sequencing components of the Restoration Plan. Two other issues are important in addition to those mentioned above.
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