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 Technically,
the Everglades
is a river of
flowing water.
75 miles long,
50 miles wide
and 6´ deep.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward 

Governor 1905-1909
 ðiles and
miles of
canals drained
the water.
Levees and
dams
controlled
water levels.
 Native
Uses to
twenty
Infests natural
Australia
times as
habitat ± -
brought
much to
water
about five
Florida
as a in
palm
acres per day.
1904.
tree.
Lake Okeechobee

Levee Control Station

ðan-made Canal
1,000 new residents per day
200,000 ð
 gallons of
water EACH DAY
 VUANTITY OF WATER
6
± water released into
ocean to stop flooding
6 ± water released
during dry season destroyed
alligator nests, bird feeding, etc
 
 ± rain based released
computer-controlled
 VUALITY OF WATER

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more sewer and storm run off




pesticide and fertilizer run off

  
manure run off
Each head of cattle produces the
WHO
raw sewage of 22 people.
There were 45,000 cattle north
ðE?
of Lake Okeechobee.
Produce
sewage equal
to one million
people.
 TWO-FOLD SOLUTION
1.Cleaner run-off
Dairy farms must have holding
ponds.
2. Restoration of Kissimmee
River oxbows
The meandering path naturally
cleans out pollutants.