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Executive Summary

feet elevation from existing) excavated wetland interspersed with tree islands

sloped to 4 feet above existing grade. Tree islands will be approximately 50 feet

wide, providing approximately 95 acres of tree island habitat. Approximately

278 acres of wetland habitat will be created in the buffer. The elevated tree

islands will be planted with appropriate native tree species.

Deep-water Refugia and Littoral Zone

Deep-water fish refugia will be created by the existing agricultural ditches and

excavation of borrow pits within the reservoir. The area of the borrow pits is

approximately 170 acres. The existing ditches and borrow pits will provide

fish refuge during periods when the reservoir pool elevations approaches average

ground elevation.

The littoral zone feature will be created by constructing a 30 foot wide "shelf"

along the length of the seepage canal for approximately 110,000 feet. The

littoral shelf will provide an estimated 76 acres of habitat for fish and wildlife,

especially wading birds.

Pump Stations

The selected plan includes modifications to existing pump stations and

construction of new inflow and seepage management pump stations. G-370 is an

existing pump station that is currently being used as the STA 3/4 inflow.

Currently, stormwater runoff and Lake Okeechobee releases in the North New

River Canal pass through this pump station and into the STA 3/4 distribution

system. This pump will be modified to be used as the reservoir Cell 1 inflow as

well as inflow to STA 3/4. This will provide approximately 2,000 cubic feet per

second (cfs) of inflow from the North New River to Cell 1.

G-372 is an existing pump station that is currently being used as the STA 3/4

inflow. Stormwater runoff and Lake Okeechobee releases in the Miami Canal

pass through this pump station and into the STA 3/4 distribution system. This

pump will be modified to be used as the reservoir Cell 2 inflow structure. This

will provide approximately 3,000 cfs of inflow from the Miami Canal to Cell 2.

S-610 is the reservoir inflow pump station with a total pumping capacity of 2,505

cfs and is located on the east side of Cell 1 on the North New River Canal. The

S-611 is a seepage collection pump station for Cell 2 with a total pumping

capacity of 800 cfs.

EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006

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