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

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Public WorkshopPublic WorkshopPublic WorkshopPublic WorkshopMay 22, 2002May 22, 2002May 22, 2002May 22, 2002

COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN

Workshop GoalsWorkshop Goals

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 inform the public about the Acme Basin B Discharge project.

To consider all comments.

TopicsTopicsTopicsTopics Comprehensive Everglades

Restoration Plan (CERP)

CERP Process

Project Information

What’s Next

How to be Involved

The C&SF ProjectThe C&SF Project Project PurposesProject 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:Project includes: 10 locks, 1,000 miles of canals, 720 miles of levees, over 150 water control structures, and 16 pump stations

South Florida EcosystemSouth Florida EcosystemSouth Florida EcosystemSouth Florida Ecosystem

Area - 18,000 square miles

Population 1950s ~ 0.5 million

Population today ~ 6 million

Area - 18,000 square miles

Population 1950s ~ 0.5 million

Population today ~ 6 million

A Region in A Region in Trouble….Trouble….

A Region in A Region in Trouble….Trouble….

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

On December 11, 2000, President Clinton signed the Water Resources Development of 2000, approving:

Comprehensive Comprehensive Everglades Everglades Restoration Restoration

PlanPlan

A series of environmental and other improvements over 30 years with an estimated cost of $7.8 billion

Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem: The Plan to Restore America’s Everglades

The Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study (The Restudy)

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)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

Getting the Water RightGetting the Water Right

QualityQualityQuantityQuantity

TimingTiming DistributionDistribution

GOAL: Enhance Ecologic ValuesObjectives: 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 Well

BeingObjectives: Increase availability of fresh water (agricultural/municipal & industrial)

Maintain existing flood protection (agricultural/urban)

Provide recreational & navigation opportunities

Protect cultural & archeological resources and values

Goals & Objectives for the RestudyGoals & Objectives for the Restudy

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

Project Goals and Project Goals and ObjectivesObjectives

Plan Formulation and Plan Formulation and EvaluationEvaluation

• 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

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

Project FormulationProject Formulation

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

Project Project Evaluation/AssessmentEvaluation/Assessment

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

Step 1Step 1Optimize System-wide BenefitsOptimize System-wide Benefits

Project Being Project Being EvaluatedEvaluated

Future With-Project Future With-Project Condition AssumptionsCondition Assumptions

Authorized Authorized CERP ProjectsCERP Projects

Unauthorized Unauthorized CERP ProjectsCERP Projects

Future Without-Project Future Without-Project Condition AssumptionsCondition Assumptions

No CERPNo CERP

Step 1 – System-wide BenefitsStep 1 – System-wide BenefitsFuture Condition AssumptionsFuture Condition Assumptions

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

Step 2Step 2Assessing Incremental BenefitsAssessing Incremental Benefits

Attributable to the Project Attributable to the Project








ProjectProjectNot IncludedNot Included

Step 2 Step 2 – Incremental Benefits– Incremental BenefitsFuture Condition AssumptionsFuture Condition Assumptions

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 project together

with authorized projects provides an assessment of local and system-wide impacts due to interim operations

Step 3Step 3Assess Interim OperationsAssess Interim Operations






Step 3 – Interim Operations AssessmentStep 3 – Interim Operations AssessmentFuture Condition AssumptionsFuture Condition Assumptions

Acme Basin B Discharge Acme Basin B Discharge ProjectProject

Acme Basin B Discharge Acme Basin B Discharge ProjectProject

COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES

RESTORATION PLAN

Basin B

Basin A

Southern BlvdSouthern Blvd

Pierson RoadPierson Road

Forest Hill BlvdForest Hill Blvd

Lake Worth RoadLake Worth Road

7

G-94DG-94D

Acme 10SAcme 10S

Pump #3Pump #3Pump #4Pump #4

Water Conservation Area 1

Wellington/ACME Improvement District BasinWellington/ACME Improvement District Basin

Project BackgroundProject BackgroundProject BackgroundProject 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)

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

Basin Specific Basin Specific Feasibility Studies Feasibility Studies

Basin Specific Basin Specific Feasibility Studies Feasibility Studies

Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesAcme Basin B Alternatives

Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesAcme Basin B Alternatives

Expand STA 1W (& possibly STA 1E) Divert Runoff to the Palm Beach Aggregates

Rock Pit

Burns & McDonnell

Brown & Caldwell

Divert Runoff to the Agricultural Reservoir Chemical Treatment Component in the Basin STA Component in the Basin

Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesWeb Site

Basin Specific Feasibility StudiesWeb Site

www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/bsfboard/bsfsboard.htm

Project PurposeProject 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.

ProjectGoals & Objectives

ProjectGoals & Objectives

Evaluate Alternatives

Meet 2006 Schedule– Everglades Forever Act

– Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

Meet Program Authority Limit– $25 million

Where we are and what is next...Where we are and what is next...Where we are and what is next...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

Standard Project Development ProcessStandard Project Development Process

Detailed Design

OperateOperate

Monitoring and Adaptive Assessment

ProjectMgmtPlan

ProjectImplementation

Report(including NEPA)

Plans&

Specs Construct

ProjectCooperationAgreement

State &CongressionalAuthorization

Real Estate Acquisition

We are

here

CERPCERP

Project Management Plans Are:Project Management Plans Are:Project Management Plans Are: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

Project Management Plans Are Project Management Plans Are NotNot::

A decision document

Lists of each and every task that may be required


Detailed scopes of work

Set in stone

CERP Project Implementation CERP Project Implementation Reports (PIRs)Reports (PIRs)

CERP Project Implementation CERP Project Implementation Reports (PIRs)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

The PIR will address: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


The PIR will address:The PIR will address:The PIR will address: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


Planning ProcessPlanning ProcessSpecify ProblemsAnd Opportunities

Step 1

Specify ProblemsAnd Opportunities

Step 1

Inventory and ForecastConditions

Step 2

Inventory and ForecastConditions

Step 2

Formulate Alternate PlansStep 3

Formulate Alternate PlansStep 3

Evaluate Effects of Alternative Plans

Step 4

Evaluate Effects of Alternative Plans

Step 4

Compare Alternative PlansStep 5

Compare Alternative PlansStep 5

Select Recommended PlanStep 6

Select Recommended PlanStep 6

How to be involved...How to be involved...How to be involved...How to be involved...

PMP Phase– workshops– PDT meetings

PIR Phase– workshops– PDT meetings

Mailing Lists Web Sites

Internet Web SitesInternet Web Sites

www.evergladesplan.org

www.sfwmd.gov

www.saj.usace.army.mil


www.evergladesplan.orgwww.evergladesplan.org

ContactsContactsSFWMDKathy Collins, Project Manager(561) 682-2534email: [email protected]

USACEJerry Grubb, Project Manager(904) 232-2771email: [email protected]

SFWMDEllen Underwood,Senior Communications Specialist(561) 682-6013email: [email protected]

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