WRDA 2000 Initially Authorized Projects:
C-9 Stormwater Treatment Area / Impoundment
C&SF Restudy Component:
"R"
Description
A 2,500-acre stormwater treatment area (STA) /impoundment (including inflow and outflow structures) with a capacity of 10,000 acre-feet in the western C-9 Basin in Broward County. It would capture excess stormwater runoff from the C-11 Basin and Western C-9 Basin in a new STA adjacent to C-9 for storage and water quality treatment. It is expected that this project would enhance groundwater recharge within the basin, provide seepage control for Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA 3) and buffer areas to the west -- keeping more water in the natural system. In addition to providing better water quality in coastal basins and Biscayne Bay; improved hydroperiods for the WCAs; reduction of urban runoff into the WCAs; and flood risk mitigation for the western C-9 Basin.
This project is dependent on the implementation of the WCA 3A/3B Levee Seepage Management and the C-11 Impoundment Project and supports the North Lake Belt Storage Area in the future.
This feature is currently incorporated into the Broward County WPAs project, please visit that page for the latest information.