As progress continues to be made in restoring America’s Everglades, an incremental water operations field test has been initiated to take a deeper look at what operational refinements are possible to provide additional ecological benefits to the Everglades ecosystem.
“ This field test is an important step towards our comprehensive restoration effort as it delivers much-needed water to Everglades National Park ,” said Col. Jason Kirk, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District Commander .
The data collected during the field test will assess how newly-operational project infrastructure integrates with the current water management system, and how to maximize ecological restoration objectives.
“ Collecting data is essential to successfully achieving restoration goals for the Everglades ,” said Tom Teets, South Florida Water Management District Director of Everglades Policy and Coordination .
The field test will be conducted in three increments. During the duration of the first two increments, data will be collected and analyzed; natural, agricultural and urban system responses to project operations will be assessed; and ecological monitoring will be maintained.
Real-time data from this field test are available on the project Web page .