The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) continues to make significant progress on restoration and resiliency efforts that ensure the ecological health of Central and Southern Florida’s natural resources.
DID YOU KNOW: Our SFWMD team works year-round to expedite key restoration and water quality projects that improve the quantity, quality, timing and distribution of water within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem?
Together with our local, state, and federal partners, the SFWMD continues to advance some of the largest and most complex water quality and ecosystem restoration projects in the world.
BY THE NUMBERS: Since 2019, the SFWMD has celebrated over 70 completions, groundbreakings and other major milestones.
CELEBRATING MAJOR SUCCESSES: In recognition of World Nature Conservation Day, we are celebrating the continued progress to protect and restore our natural resources. Recent successes and milestones include:
✅ Began filling the 6,500-acre Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Stormwater Treatment Area.
✅ Broke ground on the first major feature of the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP), the L-28 South Culverts.
✅ Completion of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) New Water Seepage Barrier Wall Project, which extends the successful underground wall that was built as part of the 8.5 Square Mile Area Seepage Wall Project.
✅ Completion of an important component of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project - the plugging of the Faka Union Canal.
✅ Completion of a new, massive pump station for the Caloosahatchee (C-43) Reservoir Project.
✅ Broke ground on the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands (BBCW) Project - Cutler Wetlands Component.
✅ Completion of the Taylor Slough Flow Improvement Project in Everglades National Park.
FORWARD MOMENTUM: Ensuring the ecological health of Central and Southern Florida’s natural resources benefits all of us. The SFWMD remains committed to continuing the momentum and accelerating key restoration projects that safeguard our precious natural resources.
We encourage you to visit SFWMD.gov/Restoration to learn more about the SFWMD's work to protect and restore ecosystems – now and for future generations.