CERP Project:
Site 1 Impoundment

The purpose of this project is to supplement water deliveries to the Hillsboro Canal by capturing and storing excess water currently discharged to the Intracoastal Waterway. These supplemental deliveries will reduce demands on Lake Okeechobee and the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The impoundment pool will also provide groundwater recharge, reduce seepage from adjacent natural areas, and prevent saltwater intrusion by releasing impounded water back to the Hillsboro Canal when conditions dictate. Some measure of flood mitigation may also be provided along with water quality improvement.

The selected plan includes an 1,800-acre project footprint with a 1,660-acre, approximately 8 foot deep, above-ground impoundment (13,280 acre-feet capacity) with an inflow pump station, discharge gated culvert, emergency overflow spillway, and seepage control canal with associated structures. Water from the Hillsboro Canal will be pumped into the reservoir during the wet season or periods when excess water is available and released back to help maintain canal stages during the dry season.

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Project Contacts:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:

Jason S. Harrah, Project Manager
Jason.S.Harrah@usace.army.mil

Sponsor:

Greg Coffelt, Project Liaison/Design Project Manager
gcoffelt@sfwmd.gov

Jeff Needle, Planning Project Manager/CERP Project Manager
jneedle@sfwmd.gov

Beth Williams, Planning Project Manager/CERP Project Manager
bwilliam@sfwmd.gov

Project Details:

Project Sponsor: South Florida Water Management District
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: M Part 1
Project Cooperation Agreement:  
Authorization: WRDA 2007

 

 

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