Re-engineering water storage in the Everglades [[electronic resource] ] : risks and opportunities / / Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783334503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-309-18150-X; 1-280-17367-X; 9786610173679; 0-309-54742-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.13
• Soggetti: Water - Storage - Florida - Management; Aquifer storage recovery - Florida; Water-supply - Florida - Management; Water resources development - Florida - Management; Natural resources conservation areas - Florida; Everglades National Park (Fla.) Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "This is the seventh and final report of the National Research Council's (NRC) Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force."--Preface, p. vii.; "This project was supported by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, U.S. Department of the Interior, under assistance of Cooperative Agreement No. 5280-9-9029, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-114).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Major Storage Components""; ""3 Cross-Cutting Issues""; ""4 Reconsidering Available Storage Options""; ""5 Evaluating Ecological Tradeoffs""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""References Cited""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Master ; Implementation Sequencing Plan Compared to Initial Restudy Schedule""; ""Appendix B Water Science and Technology Board and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology Rosters""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Members of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem""