The goal of CEEP is “to reduce the flow to the east (the St. Lucie Estuary) and west (the Caloosahatchee River) and send more water to the south, to the central Everglades and to Everglades National Park, where it’s needed.” The project would be able to move south about 200,000 acre-feet of water, or about half a foot of the lake’s overall depth, each year.
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http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/jan/31/environmental-group-wants-plan-eliminate-not-reduc/