CERP Project:
C-43 Basin Aquifer Storage and Recovery
This ASR feature will capture C-43 Basin runoff and releases from Lake Okeechobee. The CERP Restudy envisioned aquifer storage and recovery wells with a capacity of approximately 220 million gallons per day and associated pre- and post- water quality treatment located in the C-43 Basin in Hendry, Glades, or Lee Counties in conjunction with another project. Water from another project's planned reservoir would be injected into the aquifer storage and recovery well field for long-term storage.
These facilities will be designed for water supply benefits, some flood attenuation, to provide environmental water supply deliveries to the Caloosahatchee Estuary, and water quality benefits to reduce salinity and nutrient impacts of runoff to the estuary. It is assumed that, depending upon the location of the facility and pollutant loading conditions within the watershed, the facility could be designed to achieve significant water quality improvements, consistent with appropriate pollution load reduction targets.
Project Contacts:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
Pauline Acosta, Section Chief
Pauline.M.Acosta@usace.army.mil
Sponsor:
Bob Verrastro, Project Manager
bverras@sfwmd.gov
Project Details:
| Project Sponsor: | South Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Schedule: | For scheduling information regarding this project, please see the Master Implementation Sequencing Plan (MISP). |
| Project Phase: | Pre-Construction, Engineering and Design |
| Design Agreement: | 12 May 2000 |
| CERP Component Designation: | D Part 2 |
| Project Cooperation Agreement: | |
| Authorization: | Not currently authorized |
