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WRDA > WRDA 2000 Pilot Projects > L-31N Seepage Management
WRDA 2000 Pilot Projects:
L-31N Seepage Management
Description - Hydrologic modeling results have shown that controlling seepage from the Everglades produces desirable hydrologic conditions within the Everglades. However, the proposed technologies to control the seepage may have unintended consequences that must be investigated before full-scale implementation of the proposed project features. Technologies to be tested include reducing levee seepage flow across L-31N adjacent to Everglades National Park via a levee cutoff wall and reducing groundwater flows during the wet season by capturing the groundwater with a series of wells adjacent to L-31N, then backpumping those flows to Everglades National Park.
Purpose - Investigate seepage management technologies technology to control seepage from Everglades National Park. The pilot project will provide necessary information to determine the appropriate amount of wet season groundwater flow to return to the Park while minimizing potential impacts to Miami-Dade County’s West Wellfield and freshwater flows to Biscayne Bay.
Benefits - Determine construction technologies, impacts on local hydrology and water quality effects.
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