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# PROJECT EFFORT RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT DATE |
17 Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands – Cutler Wetlands Joint Finalized Planning and Initial Design 2025 |
18 Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem (BBSEER) Joint Began Planning Efforts TBD |
19 Boma Water Storage Basin (FEB) State Started Design 2026 |
20 C-23/C-24 Interim Water Storage State Started Design 2025 |
21 C-23/C-24 North Reservoir Joint Completed Final Design 2028 |
22 C-23/C-24 South Reservoir Joint Started Design 2030 |
23 C-25 Reservoir and Treatment Wetland Joint Completed Land Acquisition, Started Design 2028 |
24 Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) North Joint Ready to Issue Construction Contact 2026 |
25 Lake Hicpochee Restoration – Phase II State Started Design 2025 |
26 Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Joint Authorized by Congress, Started Design TBD |
27 S-332B Pump Station Replacement Joint Started Design 2026 |
28 Western Everglades Restoration-South Features Joint Started Design 2027 |
29 Western Everglades Restoration-Remaining Features Joint Began Planning TBD |
30 Lake O Watershed – Wetland Restoration Joint Began Real Estate Acquisition TBD |
31 Lower Kissimmee Treatment Wetland State Began Initial Planning and Design TBD |
32 EAA Reservoir Project Conveyance Improvements Joint Started Design 2027 |
33 Picayune Strand Wetland Restoration Joint Began Partial Rehydration of Drained Wetlands 2025 |
34 C-11 Water Storage Impoundment Joint Began Final Design 2028 |
2023 SOUTH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT – Highlights 5 |
SFWMD Executive Director Drew Bartlett |
at the Taylor Slough Flow Improvement |
Project Groundbreaking on Jan 26, 2023. |
(Photo by SFWMD) |
DEP Deputy Secretary for Ecosystems |
Restoration Adam Blalock at the |
CEPP New Water Groundbreaking on |
Dec. 12, 2022. (Photo by SFWMD) |
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, July 29, 2021. |
L-R: SFWMD Governing Board Members Ben Butler and Charlette Roman, SFWMD |
Governing Board Chairman Chauncey Goss and SFWMD Governing Board Member |
Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch. (Photo by SFWMD) |
C-44 Ribbon Cutting, Nov. 19, 2021. L-R: SFWMD Governing Board Members Ben Butler and Jay Steinle, |
SFWMD Executive Director Drew Bartlett, SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Chauncey Goss, SFWMD |
Governing Board Members Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch and Charlette Roman, USACE Jacksonville District |
Col. James Booth, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, Rep. Toby Overdorf, DEP Secretary Shawn Hamilton, |
Sen. Gayle Harrell, Regional Director for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio – Greg Langowski, Martin County |
Chairman Doug Smith, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and |
Parks Shannon Estenoz, and Martin County Commissioner Stacey Hetherington. (Photo by SFWMD) |
COMPLETED C-44 RESERVOIR & STA TO CURB |
HARMFUL DISCHARGES TO ST. LUCIE ESTUARY |
In 2021, the SFWMD and the USACE hosted a ribbon cutting to |
celebrate completion of the Indian River Lagoon-South C-44 |
Reservoir and STA. The C-44 component of the Indian River |
Lagoon-South project will capture, store, and treat nutrient-rich |
water, revitalize habitat, help restore the balance of fresh and |
salt water in the Indian River Lagoon and the St. Lucie Estuary, |
and provide significant water quality improvements. |
The reservoir provides 50,000 ac-ft of new water storage and |
6,300 acres of new wetlands. This is the largest CERP project |
ever completed. The completion of the C-44 Reservoir and |
STA is another example of Everglades restoration partnerships, |
success and progress. |
2023 SOUTH FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT – Highlights 6 |
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF CALOOSAHATCHEE |
(C-43) RESERVOIR ARE ADVANCING |
The Caloosahatchee (C-43) Reservoir aims to reduce harmful |
discharges to the Caloosahatchee Estuary and provide beneficial |
freshwater flows to the estuary in the dry season. This project |
is a major part of CERP and designed to store approximately |
170,000 ac-ft of water. |
After the signing of Executive Order 19-12, the SFWMD worked with |
the DEP, Lee County, Hendry County, Lehigh Acres Municipal Services |
Improvement District, the City of Cape Coral, the City of Sanibel, |
stakeholders and the public to complete a Caloosahatchee Reservoir |
Water Quality Feasibility Study to improve the quality of water leaving |
the reservoir. The Caloosahatchee Reservoir Project is expected to be |
complete and fully operational within the next couple of years. |
Indian River Lagoon-South C23/C-24 STA Groundbreaking, Feb. 18, 2022. L-R: USACE Jacksonville |
District Lt. Col. Todd Polk, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Supervisor for Ecological Services in |
Florida Larry Williams, USACE South Atlantic Division Programs Director Dr. Larry McCallister, |
SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Chauncey Goss, USACE Jacksonville District Col. James Booth, |
SFWMD Executive Director Drew Bartlett, St. Lucie County Vice Chairman Frannie Hutchinson, |
SFWMD Governing Board Member Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, DEP Deputy Secretary for Ecosystems |
Restoration Adam Blalock and Florida Chief Science Officer Dr. Mark Rains. (Photo by SFWMD) |
INDIAN RIVER LAGOON-SOUTH C-23/C-24 STA |
BREAKS GROUND: ANOTHER PIVOTAL MOMENT |
FOR ST. LUCIE RIVER & INDIAN RIVER LAGOON |
On February 18, 2022, the SFWMD and the USACE celebrated the |
groundbreaking of the Indian River Lagoon–South C-23/C-24 STA. |
This important project will capture and treat local run-off from |
the C-23 and C-24 basins and reduce the sediment, phosphorus, |
and nitrogen going to the St. Lucie River Estuary and the |
southern portion of the Indian River Lagoon. |
The STA is the first major construction feature of the Indian |
River Lagoon-South project to address the C-23 and C-24 basins |
in St. Lucie County. The STA is part of the Comprehensive |
Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and includes over 2,500 acres. |
When complete, this project will also provide valuable wetland |
and upland habitat. |
MAJOR MILESTONE FOR PICAYUNE |
STRAND RESTORATION PROJECT |
In 2021, the SFWMD reached a major milestone |
for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project in |
Collier County as the Faka Union Pump Station |
turned on for the first time. The pump station, |
coupled with other restoration activities, works |
to rehydrate drained wetlands in the Picayune |
Strand State Forest and restore the area’s natural |
sheet flow and health of downstream estuaries |
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