Modified Waters Plan Awaits Public Comments To Advance

摘要

Public comments are due on May 9 on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' "tentatively selected plan" (TSP) to address one of the longest-standing congressional mandates for restoration of the Everglades. The TSP is a key component of Modified Waters Delivery included in the 1989 legisla-tion that expanded Everglades National Park to include the northeast Shark River Slough, the park's principal water supply. The purpose of "Mod Waters" is to restore the sheetflow of water that sustained the Everglades for thousands of years before being disrupted by attempts to "reclaim" the land for agriculture. Now, the Corps hopes to begin construction by October.