Water Flow and Water Quality - State and Federal Partnership
Focusing on Water Flow
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP),
the $13.5 billion, 50-50 state-federal partnership, is the
largest water restoration project in the world. By returning a
more natural flow of water to the famed River of Grass,
this multi-decade restoration initiative is:
- Providing water essential for restoration back to the
Everglades ecosystem;
- Saving the habitat of more than 60
threatened and endangered species;
- Providing flood protection to the region; and
- Replenishing the underground water supply for millions
of Floridians.
To date the State has:
- Invested $2.4 billion in CERP.
- Acquired over 60 percent (more than 230,000 acres) of
the total land needed for CERP implementation.
- Invested
an additional $1.8 billion to improving water quality
in the Everglades.
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