
Section 8 Plan Implementation
EAA Storage Reservoirs Revised Draft PIR and EIS February 2006
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Condition PIR Baseline). The selected plan's effects were evaluated by
comparing water supply performance measures and water budget data for those
basins affected by the project.
The results of the evaluation indicate that selected plan will increase the
quantity of water available in the C&SF Project to meet water supply and
resource protection needs. A detailed explanation of the modeling performed,
analytical methods, and the results of these evaluations are contained in Annex
G of this report.
8.5 PROJECT WATER QUALITY MONITORING PLAN
The objective of the EAA Storage Reservoir Water Quality Monitoring Plan is to
provide accurate data that will permit the evaluation of changes in the quality of
the waters as a result of construction and operation of proposed project. A
separate ecological plan will also monitor and/or evaluate monitoring data
descriptive of ecosystem responses to habitat enhancement in the littoral and
seepage zones and improved treatment within the STAs that are expected to
provide effluent of a quality (less than 10 ppb P) suitable for release into the
EPA. In addition, the final monitoring should provide information on the
engineering components [reservoirs, STAs, and restored habitats] efficiencies
ultimately supporting the adaptive management process.
Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) and the project delivery
team (PDT) recognize that the effects from implementing the CERP projects
must be monitored at both system-wide and local scales. The design and
implementation of system-wide monitoring is the responsibility of RECOVER,
while the design and implementation of monitoring to determine local effects
and project performance is the responsibility of the PDT. To implement the
system-wide program, RECOVER has developed the CERP Monitoring and
Assessment Plan (MAP). However, the MAP does not extend comprehensively
into the EAA. As a result, the RECOVER system-wide monitoring plan was not
available to be referenced for development of the project-specific plan. The local
project monitoring plan will be based upon applicable northern everglades
elements identified in the SFWMD’s DBHYDRO database that, due to location,
can be used to collect data at strategic locations. Project specific monitoring
shall be coordinated to ensure that measures and targets selected by the project
teams are consistent with system-wide measures and that duplication of effort is
avoided. The EAA Storage Reservoir Phase I Water Quality Monitoring Plan
will utilize the results of pre-existent, routine SFWMD monitoring efforts within
the project area of the EAA whenever possible. In order to detect project-
induced changes to water quality, different or additional parameters and
sampling sites shall be incorporated into this monitoring plan for the collection
of data immediately upstream and/or downstream of key reservoir structures
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