The Central Everglades Planning Project (also known as CEPP), a plan to divert some of the Lake Okeechobee water now dumping into the St. Lucie Estuary, took a baby step — but an important step nonetheless — Thursday down what promises to be a long road.
The South Florida Water Management District Board of Governors tentatively approved a draft plan for the project by the Army Corps of Engineers, setting in motion a complicated process designed to get it included in the federal Water Resources Development Act that Congress is considering.
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August 16, 2013 | CEPP (Central Everglades Planning Project), In the News, Lake Okeechobee, St. Lucie Estuary