The Central and Southern Florida Project

Conceived by Florida

Built by the Corps

Integrates a Large Dynamic Economy and Multiple Valuable Ecosystems

How do we Improve the Environmental Component

and Keep the Economy Strong

Economic Activity:

•Generates 23,500 jobs in the state

Majority are in the Everglades Agricultural Area communities where jobless rate is 4 times that

of the rest of the state.

•Contributes more than $2 billion annually to Florida’s economy

America’s Food Supply:

•Largest supplier of winter vegetables to the eastern USA

•Largest producer of cane sugar

Half of the country’s cane sugar is produced within EAA

Everglades Agricultural Area

Strategic Collaboration

Paid for by Farmers

Public Works Projects with Funding by Agriculture

Landowner BMPs

STAs

Everglades

Prepare for Restoration

Phosphorus Reduction

1078 tons

2565 tons

Amount removed by Agricultural Best Management Program, Paid

for and Implemented 100% by Farmers

Amount Removed to Achieve Restoration Water Quality Targets

through Stormwater Treatment Areas, paid for jointly by Farmers

and SFWMD

Phosphorus Prevented from Entering the Everglades Since

the Everglades Forever Act in 1996

Note: All data from South Florida Water Management District

Urban Inflow

Lake Inflow

Rural Inflow

Active Septic Tank Permits Since 1983