AWWA ACE65371

This powerpoint presentation Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP) Authorized in 2000. CERP System Wide Goals and Objectives included: Reduce Damaging High Okeechobee Level; Reduce Back Pumping into Okeechobee; Water Storage; Flow Equalization to Storm Treatment Area; Agricultural Water Supply; and, Flood Protection. Part of CERP is the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Storage Project, specifically the EAA Reservoir A-1 that includes: 190,000 Acre Ft of Storage at Full Pool; 21 miles of Embankment - 29 Ft High; 12.5 Feet of Storage at Full Pool; and, new S-610 Pump Station. The presentation provides a drawing of the A-1 Reservoir and outlines the following topics: general operations; reservoir filling; pump station complications; S-610 Connector Canal and U.S. 27 Bridge; S-610 Pump Station Site Layout; Pump Discharge Pipe; S-610 Pump Station Floor Plan; Pump and Engine Design Criteria; Pump Model Certification; Pump Station Model; ancillary systems; hurricane considerations; and, seepage pumping. The second part of this presentation involved the EAA Reservoir Construction including the S-610 Pump Station and Control Structures, and US 27 Bridges. Topics covered include: project delivery; Project Owner: South Florida Water Management District; CMR Project delivery; pumping equipment procurement; typical pump performance curves; typical pump elevation; and, progress and schedule. Includes tables, figures.