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WRDA > WRDA 2000 Programmatic Authority Projects > C-17
WRDA 2000 Programmatic Authority Project:
C-17 Backpumping and Treatment
(source: Final Feasibility Report and PEIS, April 1999, Section 9.1.8.6, page 9-15)
This feature includes backpumping facilities and a stormwater treatment area with a total storage capacity of approximately 2,200 acre-feet located in northeastern Palm Beach County. The initial design for the stormwater treatment area assumed 550 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, and will address appropriate pollution load reduction targets necessary to protect receiving waters (West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area).
The purpose of this feature is to increase water supplies to the West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area and Loxahatchee Slough by capturing and storing excess flows currently discharged to the Lake Worth Lagoon from the C-17 Canal.
Excess C-17 Canal water will be backpumped through existing canals and proposed water control structures to the stormwater treatment area which will provide water quality treatment prior to discharge into the West Palm Beach Water Catchment Area.
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