Specifications

Executive Summary
environmental, agricultural, municipal, and Tribal water supplies. To address
these needs, the purpose of this project is to provide storage for releases from
Lake Okeechobee to reduce the harmful effects of flood control releases on the St.
Lucie and Caloosahatchee Estuaries, enable more effective management of
water levels in Lake Okeechobee to promote recovery of fish and wildlife habitat
resources in the lake, provide a source of additional water to improve fish and
wildlife habitat in the Everglades, and to provide an alternate source of water
for agricultural water supply needs in the EAA. The EAA is located in western
Palm Beach County between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades Protection
Area (
see Compartment "A", Figure 1).
FIGURE 1
: PROJECT AREA
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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