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Acme Basin B Discharge

COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN. Acme Basin B Discharge. Public Workshop. May 22, 2002. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN. Workshop Goals. To inform the public about the Acme Basin B Discharge project. To familiarize the public with the implementation process.

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Acme Basin B Discharge

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  1. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Acme Basin B Discharge Public Workshop May 22, 2002

  2. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Workshop Goals • To inform the public about the Acme Basin B Discharge project. • To familiarize the public with the implementation process. • To solicit initial public comment at an early stage in the study in order to address as many of those comments as possible during the study’s public involvement process. • To consider all comments.

  3. Topics • Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) • CERP Process • Project Information • What’s Next • How to be Involved

  4. The C&SF Project • Project Purposes:Flood control, water conservation, regional water supply, prevention of salt water intrusion, fish and wildlife conservation, water supply to Everglades National Park • Project includes:10 locks, 1,000 miles of canals, 720 miles of levees, over 150 water control structures, and 16 pump stations

  5. South Florida Ecosystem • Area - 18,000 square miles • Population 1950s ~ 0.5 million • Population today ~ 6 million

  6. Too much/too little water for the Everglades/south Florida ecosystem Massive reductions in wading bird populations Degradation of water quality Repetitive water shortages and salt water intrusion Declining estuary health 1.7 billion gallons of water a day wasted to tide A Region in Trouble….

  7. On December 11, 2000, President Clinton signed the Water Resources Development of 2000, approving: Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem: The Plan to Restore America’s Everglades Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan A series of environmental and other improvements over 30 years with an estimated cost of $7.8 billion The Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study (The Restudy)

  8. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) • Water storage areas/facilities • 15 surface storage reservoirs • 3 in-ground reservoirs • 330 aquifer storage and recovery wells • 19 stormwater treatment areas • 2 wastewater reuse plants • Removal of over 240 miles of canals, levees and structures • Operational changes

  9. Quantity Quality Timing Distribution Getting the Water Right

  10. Goals & Objectives for the Restudy GOAL:Enhance Ecologic Values • Objectives: • Increase the total spatial extent of natural areas • Improve habitat and functional quality • Improve native plant and animal species abundance and diversity GOAL:Enhance Economic Values & Social WellBeing Objectives: • Increase availability of fresh water (agricultural/municipal & industrial) • Maintain existing flood protection (agricultural/urban) • Provide recreational & navigation opportunities • Protect cultural & archeological resources and values

  11. Project Goals and Objectives • Same as the Restudy… • Project Example • System-wide Objective: Improve Habitat and Functional Quality • Elsewhere in the system… downstream • Local Objective: Improve Habitat and Functional Quality • Within footprint of project boundary

  12. Plan Formulation and Evaluation • Define Measures (Components) • Develop Planning Cost • Estimates (Real Estate, • Construction, O&M) • Evaluate Measures (compare • with and without plan • conditions) • Conduct Incremental Cost • Analysis • Compare Alternative Plans • Conduct Environmental Assessments RECOVER • Conduct System-Wide • Evaluation of Plans

  13. Project Formulation CERP - individual projects were selected based on their synergistic effect to the overall plan Projects - formulated to achieve local and system- wide goals and objectives as defined by CERP • Must consider different measures, components, features, and project scales within the project area • Structural and non-structural approaches

  14. Project Evaluation/Assessment • 3-step process • Select Plan based on the project that reasonably maximizes the project’s contribution toward the system-wide benefits of CERP compared to cost

  15. Step 1Optimize System-wide Benefits • Ensures the system-wide goals and objectives defined by the Comprehensive Plan are achieved • Define the project features that optimize system performance and system-wide benefits • Costs and benefits measured at the system-wide level for each of the alternative plans • Selected project will be the plan that reasonably maximizes the project’s contribution toward the system-wide benefits of CERP compared to cost

  16. Step 1 – System-wide BenefitsFuture Condition Assumptions Future Without-Project Condition Assumptions Future With-Project Condition Assumptions Authorized CERP Projects Project Being Evaluated No CERP Unauthorized CERP Projects

  17. Step 2Assessing Incremental Benefits Attributable to the Project • Assessment measures the contribution of the project to system-wide benefits output • Quantify and describe the incremental costs and benefits of the selected project • Costs and benefits are incremental to the total CERP project

  18. Step 2 – Incremental BenefitsFuture Condition Assumptions Future Without-Project Condition Assumptions Future With-Project Condition Assumptions Authorized CERP Projects Authorized CERP Projects Project Not Included Project Being Evaluated Unauthorized CERP Projects Unauthorized CERP Projects

  19. Step 3Assess Interim Operations • Establish baseline year for operations • Develop interim operational strategies • various operations should be considered to make the plan more efficient as an interim project • Assess local impacts • Evaluating the output of the selected projecttogether with authorized projects provides an assessment of local and system-wide impacts due to interim operations

  20. Step 3 – Interim Operations AssessmentFuture Condition Assumptions Future Without-Project Condition Assumptions Future With-Project Condition Assumptions Authorized CERP Projects Authorized CERP Projects Project Being Evaluated

  21. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Acme Basin B Discharge Project

  22. Southern Blvd Pump #4 Pump #3 Basin A Forest Hill Blvd Pierson Road 7 Basin B Lake Worth Road Acme 10S G-94D Water Conservation Area 1 Wellington/ACME Improvement District Basin

  23. Project Background • Everglades Forever Act (1994 - present) • Everglades Stormwater Program (1996 - current) • Comprehensive Review Study included Acme Basin B Discharge as an OPE (1998) • WPA Feasibility Study (1998 - 2002) • Baseline Data Reports (1999 - current) • Chemical Treatment with Solids Separation (CTSS) pilot project (2000 - current) • Basin Specific Feasibility Studies (2001- current)

  24. Basin Specific Feasibility Studies • For basins associated with EFA requirements • Currently in Task 4, evaluation of alternatives to be completed August 2002 • Information from the studies can be used when formulating alternatives in the CERP process

  25. Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesAcme Basin B Alternatives Burns & McDonnell • Expand STA 1W (& possibly STA 1E) • Divert Runoff to the Palm Beach Aggregates Rock Pit Brown & Caldwell • Divert Runoff to the Agricultural Reservoir • Chemical Treatment Component in the Basin • STA Component in the Basin

  26. Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesWeb Site www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/bsfboard/bsfsboard.htm

  27. Project Purpose The purpose of the Acme Basin B project is to provide water quality treatment and stormwater attenuation for runoff from Acme Basin B prior to discharge to the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Water Conservation Area 1) or alternate location. Excess available water may be used to meet water supply demands.

  28. ProjectGoals & Objectives • Evaluate Alternatives • Meet 2006 Schedule • Everglades Forever Act • Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) • Meet Program Authority Limit • $25 million

  29. Where we are and what is next... • Project Management Plans • Management document only • Project Implementation Reports • bridge the gap between the comprehensive plan and detailed project design

  30. State &CongressionalAuthorization ProjectCooperationAgreement We are here ProjectImplementationReport(including NEPA) Plans&Specs Project MgmtPlan Detailed Design Operate Operate Construct Real Estate Acquisition Monitoring and Adaptive Assessment CERP Standard Project Development Process

  31. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Project Management Plans Are: • Lists of anticipated tasks, responsibilities, schedules, products, and budget for the next project phase • General description of work and level of effort required • “Roadmaps” for activities and monitoring • Flexible - will be updated regularly, and as needed

  32. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Project Management Plans Are Not: • A decision document • Lists of each and every task that may be required • Detailed scopes of work • Set in stone

  33. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN CERP Project Implementation Reports (PIRs) • Feasibility level decision documents • PIRs will bridge the gap between the comprehensive plan and projects, and design, permitting construction • FWS, EPA and NPS will provide significant resources during this project phase

  34. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN The PIR will address: • Compliance with environmental requirements: • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Chapter 401Permit (discharge permit) • Chapter 402 Permit (construction permit) • Endangered Species Act • Clear Air Act • Clean Water Act • And others • Economic/environmental justice issues: • Effects of project on minorities and low income communities

  35. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN The PIR will address: • Water quality issues: • Modeling • Evaluation of existing WQ data • Everglades Basin Specific Feasibility Study • Evaluation of STA’s performance benefits • Watershed assessment / water budget analysis: • Review Restudy assumptions • Seepage evaluation • Hydrological/hydraulic data (rainfall, evapotranspiration, pumping records, historical structure data, etc.) • Establish conveyance requirements • Establish storage needs • Modeling scenario runs • Evaluate existing and future level of flood protection

  36. Planning Process Specify ProblemsAnd OpportunitiesStep 1 Inventory and Forecast ConditionsStep 2 Formulate Alternate PlansStep 3 Evaluate Effects of Alternative PlansStep 4 Compare Alternative PlansStep 5 Select Recommended PlanStep 6

  37. How to be involved... • PMP Phase • workshops • PDT meetings • PIR Phase • workshops • PDT meetings • Mailing Lists • Web Sites

  38. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Internet Web Sites www.evergladesplan.org www.sfwmd.gov www.saj.usace.army.mil

  39. www.evergladesplan.org

  40. Contacts SFWMD Kathy Collins, Project Manager (561) 682-2534 email: kcollin@sfwmd.gov USACE Jerry Grubb, Project Manager (904) 232-2771 email: Gerald.K.Grubb@saj02.usace.army.mil SFWMD EllenUnderwood,Senior Communications Specialist (561) 682-6013 email: eunderwo@sfwmd.gov

  41. Thank you Comments?

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