Specifications

Section 6 The Selected Alternative Plan
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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The reservoirs will augment and enhance other regional CERP projects as well
as the SFWMD Long-term Plan, SFWMD Everglades Regulatory Program, and
SFWMD Adaptive Management Strategy.
The Project is an integral part of the CERP. Ecological restoration of the
Everglades will require a significant increase in the quantity of water made
available or retained for the natural system. The goals of the Project are:
improve timing of environmental deliveries to the WCAs including reducing
damaging flood releases from the EAA to the WCAs, reduce Lake Okeechobee
regulatory releases to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries, and meet
supplemental agricultural and environmental demands for water supply.
Design efforts are reviewing various combinations of reservoir footprint and pool
depths while seeking to maximize the project benefits while minimizing the
overall costs. The current storage reservoir project is being planned for
Compartment A that lies between the Miami Canal and North New River Canal.
The design elevations for the reservoir and each cell are shown on Table 6-1,
Table 6-2 and Table 6-3 respectively. The design layout is shown in Figure 6-2.
TABLE 6-1: RESERVOIR DESIGN ELEVATIONS
Parameter
Height
(Feet)
Top Of Levee 23.0
Maximum Surcharge Pool 16.3
Maximum Normal Pool 12.0
TABLE 6-2: CELL 1 RESERVOIR STORAGE CALCULATIONS
Cell 1
Storage Area + 17,000 acres
Maximum Normal Pool Depth 12 feet
Storage + 200,000 ac-ft
Fill Rate at 3,900 cfs 0.5 ft/day
Time to Fill 4 feet at 3,900 cfs 8.8 days
Drawdown Rate at 4,000 cfs 0.5 ft/day
Time to Drawdown 4 feet at 4,000 cfs 8.6 days
TABLE 6-3: CELL 2 RESERVOIR STORAGE CALCULATIONS
Cell 2
Storage Area + 14,000 acres
Maximum Normal Pool Depth 12 feet
Storage + 160,000 ac-ft
Fill Rate at 3,000 cfs 0.4 ft/day
Time to Fill 4 feet at 3,000 cfs 9.4 days
Drawdown Rate at 4,000 cfs 0.6 ft/day
Time to Drawdown 4 feet at 4,000 cfs 7.0 days