Long-Term Plan Update

1. Long-Term Plan Update ECP Operation, Maintenance and Monitoring Bob Howard

2. ECP Operations and Maintenance Project Manager: Bob Howard Project Description: • Perform routine maintenance and operation of STAs and related works in keeping with the requirements of the EFA, to maintain optimal nutrient reduction performance.

3. ECP Operations and Maintenance Project Status • Bf work completed to date • Operation, Maintenance and Repair of works • Mowing, grading of levee roads, maintenance and operation of structures and pump stations • Vegetation management - aerial and terrestrial spraying, mechanical harvesting • Completed startup operations in STA-3/4

4. ECP Operations and Maintenance Project Status • Bf work planned for remainder of FY 05 • On-going STA maintenance • On-going operations of pump stations and structures • STA-1W levee across Cell 2 • STA-3/4 levee across Cell 3 • Addition STA-1E to Operations and Routine Maintenance. Vegetation Management preparations in STA-1E • Support of on-going streamgauging / improved flow ratings for STA compliance stations

5. STA Site Management Project Manager: Tom Kosier Project Description: • Oversee the day-to-day activities involving operation and maintenance of the individual STAs • Provide effective coordination between the field stations, researchers, control room, performance manager, vegetation management and other entities to ensure optimal STA performance • Ensure that STA operational plans are followed • Perform efficient site management of STAs, documentation of site management activities & expenditures

6. STA Site Management Project status Work completed to date • Continued training of 2 new site managers • Coordinated STA-3/4 and STA-1E start up activities • Coordinated vegetation management in the STAs • Experimental SAV transplantation in STA-3/4, Cell 2B • Hurricane Recovery Efforts

7. STA Site Management Project status Work planned for remainder of FY • Bring STA-1E on line and start up • Coordinate LTP construction activities • Investigate long-term vegetation management techniques

8. Vegetation Maintenance STA-2 Cell 3 Project Manager: Lou Toth Project Description: • To manage vegetation in STA-2 Cell 3 in order to optimize SAV performance.

9. Vegetation Maintenance STA-2 Cell 3 Project status • Deferred due to prevailing performance

10. Long-Term Plan Update ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Ron Bearzotti

11. ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Manager: Ron Bearzotti Project Description: • To fulfill the flow and water quality monitoring, analysis and compliance reporting requirements of the EFA and NPDES permits issued to the District for the Everglades Construction Project

12. ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status Work completed to date: • LTP permit application for the ECP submitted to FDEP (December 2003) • Refinements to Part 2 of the LTP submitted to FDEP (November 2004) • Routine STA Compliance Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Program (on-going) • Staff time for WQ collection and lab analysis (plus contracts) • Routine Maintenance, Repair and Parts for equipment (on-going) • Staff time for Annual Permit Compliance Reporting included in 2005 South Florida Environmental Report

13. ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status Work completed to date (continued): • Start-up and Routine Compliance Mercury Monitoring and Reporting (on-going) • Ultra trace Hg monitoring • Flow monitoring/ streamgauging/ improve flow measurements • Improved Flow Rating Equations implemented at G-310, G-335, G-342A-D, G-344A-D

14. ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status STA-1E • EFA & NPDES Permit Applications Complete (August 2004) • FDEP progressing towards Permit issuance • STA-1E Start-up and Baseline Monitoring (on-going) • “Net Improvement” Start-up Test for TP (as included in previous EFA/NPDES permits for STAs) achieved in February 05 • Flow-through Operations to begin upon Permit issuance • Routine Compliance Monitoring and Reporting to begin upon permit issuance

15. ECP Permits and Compliance Monitoring Project Status Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • On-going STA compliance monitoring and analysis (STA-1W, STA-2, STA-3/4, STA-5 and STA-6) • Annual Compliance Reporting in 2006 South Florida Environmental Report • Routine Maintenance, Repair and Parts for monitoring and analytical equipment • Replacement of STA monitoring and analytical equipment (as needed) • On-going stream gauging / improved flow rating equations for STA compliance stations G-370, G-372, S-319, S-361 and S-362 to be developed in FY05

16. Long-Term Plan Update Break

17. Long-Term Plan Update Source Control Projects ESP Basins (Non-ECP Basins) Carlos Adorisio, P.E.

18. Long-Term Plan Update Introduction • Part 3 of the LTP (Pre-2006 Strategies, ESP Basins) defines strategies and approaches for water quality improvement in discharges from the ESP Basins. • In general, the recommended strategy in the ESP basins is to rely upon source controls and full integration with CERP to achieve water quality standards.

19. BASINS TRIBUTARY TO THE EVERGLADES

20. Long-Term Plan Update ESP Projects funded under LTP • Additional analyses • Ensure no flood protection impacts: NSID and NNRC • Water quality improvement measures: C-11 West • Source controls • BMP development and implementation: C-11 West and VOW • BMP Grant program: Feeder Canal

21. NSID Basin Project Manager: Carlos Adorisio LTP Project Description: • Perform a hydraulic evaluation of storm events in the NSID basin to determine if there will be negative impacts from redirecting water currently discharged to WCA 2A to the Hillsboro Canal as well as evaluation of the potential for connecting adjacent mining pits to the NSID water management system for additional surface water storage.

22. NSID Basin Project status • Completed preliminary hydraulic analysis • Predicted potential impacts to the Hillsboro Canal during large storm events

23. NSID Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • Prepare a SOW to further evaluate flood impacts • Update flow estimates from NSID using Regional Model (SFWMM) simulation • Update load estimates

24. NNRC Basin Project Manager: Carlos Adorisio LTP Project Description: • A flood impact analysis will be performed to ensure that the basin’s current level of flood protection is maintained if the use of structure G-123 is discontinued.

25. NNRC Basin Project status • Awarded contract to perform flood impact analysis

26. NNRC Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • Complete flood impact analysis • Update flow estimates from NNRC using Regional Model (SFWMM) simulation • Update load estimates

27. C-11 W Basin Project Manager: Carlos Adorisio LTP Project Description: • Assist local communities in developing, evaluating and implementing source controls. • Perform feasibility analysis and conceptual design of water quality improvement measures for consideration in the Western C-11 Impoundment PIR. Analysis to include evaluation of potential connection between the Western C-11 Impoundment and the WCA-3A/3B Levee Seepage Management CERP projects.

28. C-11 W Basin Project status • Developed Nursery and Equine BMP manuals • Partnered with FDACS to implement Nursery BMP Grant Program • Established BC Pollution Prevention Task Force (a.k.a. Broward Everglades Working Group) - Action Plan being developed • Supported requests to provide $2M in funding for CIP

29. C-11 W Basin Project status (cont’d) • Completed preliminary evaluation of treatment potential of Western C-11 Impoundment • Predicted Impoundment could further reduce phosphorus loads

30. C-11 W Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • Implement Public Outreach programs • Award Nursery BMP Grants • Implement Action Plan – B.E.W.G • Award contract for preliminary design of impoundment modifications to reduce phosphorus loads

31. Acme Basin B Project Manager: Carlos Adorisio LTP Project Description: • Assist Village of Wellington in developing, evaluating and implementing source controls.

32. Acme Basin B Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • Work with VOW to develop FY05 SOW for implementation of source controls

33. Feeder Canal Basin Project Manager: Carlos Adorisio LTP Project Description: • Develop and implement a voluntary BMP program in the West Feeder Canal Sub-basin. Wingate Mill Canal

34. Feeder Canal Basin Project status • Awarded BMP Grants to landowner in Feeder Canal in partnership with HSWCD, NRCS & FDACS – BMP Grant Program • Held outreach workshops to discuss water quality improvement strategies

35. Feeder Canal Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 05 • Conduct second selection and award process for BMP Grant Program by April 2005 • Monitor implementation of funded BMP projects

36. Source ControlsESP Basins http://www.sfwmd.gov/sfer/SFER_2005/2005/volume1/chapters/V1_Ch3.pdf

37. Source ControlsESP Basins • Sources Controls • Cooperative agreements - monitoring and implementation of BMPs • New permit requirement and/or modification to address water quality concerns • Local capital improvement projects implemented and/or proposed • Structural and non-structural BMPs • Operational changes • Public outreach activities and ESP Public Outreach Plan • CERP synchronization and coordination • Timelines for implementation • Water Quality Monitoring Results

38. Long-Term Plan Update Source Control Projects ECP Basins Carmela Bedregal, P.E.

39. Long-Term Plan Update Introduction The Process Development and Engineering (PDE) component of the Long-Term Plan recommends activities designed to: • “Maintain and improve upon the contribution of source controls to overall water quality improvement goals.”

40. Long-Term Plan Update ECP Basins • Largest tributary sources to the EPA • Served by STAs EAA: • South of Lake Okeechobee • 500,000 acres, muck soils • Sugarcane, vegetables, sod C-139: • Hendry County • 170,000 acres, sandy soils • Pasture, citrus and vegetables

41. Long-Term Plan Update Long-Term Plan objectives to be carried out using an integrated approach balancing four distinct elements:

42. C-139 Basin Project Manager: Carmela Bedregal Long Term Plan Project Description: • Identify discharges that are candidates for implementation of cost effective source controls • Characterize management practices on lands or processes tributary to those discharges • Implement these source controls in concert with landowners or municipalities

43. C-139 Basin Project Status MANDATORY BMPS • Completed inspections to verify implementation of Level I/II BMPs. • Initiated Level III BMP inspections • Conducted supplemental BMP “outreach type” visits to explain BMP concept and implementation • Coordinated BMP inspections with surface water permitting and compliance staff for areas of overlapping responsibility • Concurrent processing of Surface Water and Everglades Works of the District applications

44. C-139 Basin Project Status VOLUNTARY BMPS • C-139 and Western Basins BMP Grant Program for voluntary implementation of BMPs (partnership with HSWCD, NRCS & FDACS) • $900,000 contributed since 2002, with $600,000 in FY 2004 • Continued the C-139 and Western Basins Grant phosphorus sampling within the basin • Results presented in the 2004 BMP Grant Program Report

45. C-139 Basin Project Status VOLUNTARY BMPS • Received $500,000 in State Appropriations for C-139 initiatives. Submitted request for additional funding for FY05-06 ($250,000) • Contributed financially to FDACs BMP demonstration projects in the basin • A three-year $900,000 maximum contract signed by the Governing Board for continuing the Grant effort from 2005 to 2007

46. C-139 Basin Project Status OUTREACH • BMP workshops and water quality brainstorming meetings attended by landowners, operators, and other stakeholders (legal representatives, engineering consultants and universities) • Regulatory exchange meetings with Fort Myers Office Regulatory Staff: Natural Resources, Water Use, Surface Water • Participated in Ag Development Team meetings with District staff and the regulated community

47. C-139 Basin Project Status REGIONAL BMP INITIATIVES • With operations: incorporated sediment removal component to new culverts at the S&M canal • C-139 Basin Regional study on phosphorus reduction opportunities in the Deer Fence and S&M Canals • Evaluated available water quality data • Prepared sampling plan for reactive, particulate and total P in water and sediments at south east corner • Sampling results anticipated for July 2005.

48. C-139 Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 2005: BMP Grant Program: • Conduct second selection and award process in April ($200,000) • Monitor implementation of funded projects • Continue grab sample P monitoring at historic locations (increased to weekly from April to October for TP, reactive P and particulate P) • Initiate project-specific P monitoring to determine pre- and post-project concentrations for 2005 grant projects • Monitoring Network • Initiate sub-basin monitoring of flow and concentration at three locations • Proposed: C-139 Hydrology Study (for basin segmentation into hydrologic units for monitoring/regulatory efforts)

49. C-139 Basin Work planned for remainder of FY 2005 (continued): • Regional Evaluations: • Results of the C-139 Regional Study on the SE Corner with Canal Management/BMP Recommendations • Proposed: C-139 Phosphorus Characterization – Baseline, Present Conditions and Projections • Proposed: BMP Demonstration Projects, specific to the C-139 basin conditions • Follow-up on November 15, 2004 Basin Rule Compliance “Brainstorming” Workshop issues: Water supply, others. • Continue emphasis on compliance and outreach efforts among the regulated community. • WY05 ends April 05, marking the third year of the mandatory program • If basin is out of compliance a third time, BMP requirements to increase to the maximum level (35 points)

50. EAA Basins Project Manager: Carmela Bedregal Long Term Plan Project Description: • Identify discharges that are candidates for cost effective optimization of source controls • Characterize management practices on lands or processes tributary to those discharges • Engage landowners or municipalities in optimizing existing BMPs or implementing voluntary BMPs above and beyond the mandatory program.