VIDEO RELEASE:
SFWMD Begins Project to
Move More Water South with a Bang
Detonation marks start of construction of S-333N water control structure, one of several conveyance projects being expedited by SFWMD
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| Click on the image to watch a video of the controlled detonation that started SFWMD's expedited construction of the S-333N water control structure. |
Western Miami-Dade County, FL - The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) last week used a controlled detonation to begin the construction of a new structure that will deliver more clean water to Everglades National Park and help alleviate high water emergencies in the water conservation areas.
"This is a major first step to moving more water south," said SFWMD Governing Board Chairman
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SFWMD Governing Board Chairman Federico Fernandez pushed the button to trigger the detonation starting construction of the S-333N water control structure. Click on the image to watch a video of the detonation. |
Federico Fernandez, after he pushed the button to detonate several underground explosives necessary to expedite excavation and construction for the new S-333N water control structure. "It's been a busy couple weeks here at SFWMD, as this Governing Board has begun work on the Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir project and now is expediting the building of the S-333N structure to send additional water south to where it is needed most."
The S-333N structure, which is being constructed adjacent to the existing S-333 water control structure along the L-29 Canal in western Miami-Dade County, will double the amount of clean fresh water SFWMD can move out of Water Conservation Area 3A during high water emergencies and into Everglades National Park and Florida Bay.
Crews are expected to perform another controlled underground detonation this year as part of their work on S-333N. The structure will be completed by June 2020.
About the Central Everglades Planning Project
The construction of S-333N is one of several components of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) that SFWMD is expediting. CEPP is a Congressionally-approved slate of projects on publicly-owned land that will increase the conveyance of water south to Everglades National Park. SFWMD is also expediting the removal of a 6-mile section of Old Tamiami Trail to allow more water to naturally sheetflow south. The District will also soon begin designing an expansion of the S-356 pump station in Miami-Dade County that will increase the ability to move more water south.
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