The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signaled the start of the new Everglades Agricultural Area Phase reservoir, a key
Graphic: USACOE
Future of the EAA Reservoir
component of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
The $73 million dollar contract calls for the construction of the reservoir inflow/outflow canal, seepage canal and maintenance road along the northern boundary of the proposed EAA Reservoir. Work on this contract is anticipated to be completed by Phillips & Jordan, Inc. from Knoxville, Tennessee by the end of 2023.
Col. James Booth, Jacksonville District Commander said, “When completed we will have built a 240,000 acre-foot reservoir covering approximately 16-square miles – an area similar to the cities of Stuart and Fort Myers put together. Another way to think of the magnitude of this massive civil works project is that it will store a volume similar to about a half a foot on Lake Okeechobee. This reservoir will store water that today is lost to tide, so that it can be treated by the Stormwater Treatment Area our partner South Florida Water Management District is currently building and by existing state STAs. That water will then move south to the central Everglades, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay.”
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