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Flood protection was to have been provided under the original 1989 Mod Waters legislation, but years of subsequent study and negotiations with property owners resulted in a compromise in which a flood protection levee is to be built around approximately two-thirds of the 8.5 SMA while providing for purchase of approximately one-third of the private property and 12 homes in the western portion. Acceler8 -- An expedited course of action for achieving Everglades restoration.
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The statute employs a variety of regulatory and nonregulatory tools to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways, finance municipal wastewater treatment facilities, and manage polluted runoff. These tools help to achieve the broader goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters so that they can support the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water.
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Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) , with support from a multi-agency team, to examine operational flexibilities and improve water management within WCA-3 and Everglades National Park.
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Volumetric flow rate may be estimated for large averaging times, such as acre-feet per year, as in the South Florida Water Management Model and the Natural Systems Model, and also on a short-term ("instantaneous") basis by other models, as discussed in Chapter 4.
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projects and the "Foundation Projects," those that precede CERP, such as Kissimmee River Restoration and Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park.
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Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District and the South Florida Water Management District that serves as the modeling services single point of responsibility for the CERP. It provides, coordinates, and oversees the modeling needs and efforts of each project delivery team and the Restoration, Coordination, and Verification Program, or RECOVER.
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Natural system -- According to the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (WRDA 2000) , all land and water managed by the federal government or the state within the South Florida ecosystem, including Water Conservation Areas, sovereign submerged land, Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, other federal or state (including a political subdivi sion of a state)
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In the Everglades, periphyton grows on top of the soil surface -- attached to the stems of rooted vegetation -- and in the water column or at the water surface, sometimes in association with other floating vegetation. Programmatic Regulations -- Procedural framework and specific requirements called for in Section 601(h)
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Regional Simulation Model (RSM) -- A regional finite-volume-based hydrologic model developed principally for application in South Florida that simulates the coupled movement and distribution of groundwater and surface water through out the model domain using a Hydrologic Simulation Engine to simulate the natural hydrology and a Management Simulation Engine to simulate water control operations.
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The secretary of the interior also appoints, based on recommendations of the governor of Florida, two representatives of the State of Florida, one representative of the South Florida Water Management District, and two representatives of local Florida governments. South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM)
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WCA-1, WCA-2A, WCA-2B, WCA-3A, and WCA-3B comprise five surface-water management basins in the Everglades; bounded by the Everglades Agricultural Area on the north and the Everglades National Park basin on the south, the WCAs are confined by levees and water control struc tures that regulate the inflows and outflows to each one of them. Restoration of more natural water levels and flows to the WCAs is a main objective of the CERP.
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Glossary 277 Yellow Book -- This is the common name for the Central and Southern Florida Comprehensive Review Study Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (USACE and SFWMD, 1999) , which laid out the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
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