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Caloosahatchee Backpumping with Stormwater Treatment
Caloosahatchee Backpumping with Stormwater Treatment
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Richard Dasher
richard.dasher@usace.army.mil
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Project Description
This project includes pump stations and a stormwater treatment area with a total capacity of approximately 20,000 acre-feet located in the C-43 Basin in Hendry and Glades Counties. The initial design of the stormwater treatment area assumed 5,000 acres with the water level fluctuating up to 4 feet above grade. The final size, depth and configuration of this facility will be determined through more detailed planning and design. The purpose of this feature is to capture excess C-43 Basin runoff, which will be used to augment regional system water supply. Backpumping will only occur after estuary and agricultural/urban demands have been met in the basin and when water levels in the C-43 storage reservoir exceed 6.5 feet above grade. Further, Lake Okeechobee water levels must be within a a specified range to accept this water so as to not impact ecological resources. When these conditions are met, a series of pump stations will back-pump excess water from the reservoir and the C-43 Basin to Lake Okeechobee after treatment through a stormwater treatment area. The stormwater treatment area will be designed to meet Lake Okeechobee phosphorus and other pollutant loading reduction targets consistent with the Surface Water Improvement and Management Plan for the Lake and future appropriate pollution load reduction targets which may be developed for the Lake and the watershed in which the facility is to be located. |
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