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9780309095297: Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309095298 ISBN 13: 9780309095297
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2005

Synopsis

The Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology have released the seventh and final report of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force on various scientific and technical topics. Human settlements and flood-control structures have significantly reduced the Everglades, which once encompassed over three million acres of slow-moving water enriched by a diverse biota. To remedy the degradation of the Everglades, a comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was formulated in 1999 with the goal of restoring the original hydrologic conditions of its remaining natural ecosystem. A major feature of this plan is providing enough storage capacity to meet human needs while also providing the needs of the greater Everglades ecosystem. This report reviews and evaluates not only storage options included in the Restoration Plan but also other options not considered in the Plan. Along with providing hydrologic and ecological analyses of the size, location and functioning of water storage components, the report also discusses and makes recommendations on related critical factors, such as timing of land acquisition, intermediate states of restoration, and tradeoffs among competing goals and ecosystem objectives.

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Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, National Research Council

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309095298
ISBN 13 
9780309095297
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
140