SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir

FEBRUARY 2017

The South Florida Water The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Releases of water from the reservoir during Manage ment District Plan, the Congressionally approved the dry season will provide essential flows, is a regional governmental framework for restoring, protecting and resulting in improved salinity balance, agency that manages the preserving the water resources of central survival of young fish and shellfish and water resources in the and southern Florida, calls for construction improved ecological health. The reservoir is southern part of the state. of the 170,000 acre-foot Caloosahatchee part of an overall solution to restore the It is the oldest and largest River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir river that includes water quality of the state’s five water Project. It will help store and manage basin improvements, storage and operational management districts. runoff for meeting estuary needs during the changes. Our Mission is to manage dry season. and protect water resources Purpose and Benefits of the region by balancing • Capture and store stormwater runoff from and improving flood control, Project Description the C-43 basin, reducing excess water flow water supply, water quality Located on 10,700 acres of former farmland to the Caloosahatchee Estuary. and natural systems. in Hendry County, Fla., west of Labelle, the Caloosahatchee River West Basin Storage • Capture and store federal regulatory (C-43) Reservoir will hold approximately releases from Lake Okeechobee, reducing 170,000 acre-feet of water, with the discharges to the coastal estuaries. maximum depth ranging from 15 feet to 25 • Improve the salinity balance for the feet across the expanse. When complete, the Caloosahatchee Estuary by controlling restoration project will provide storage peak flows during the wet season and needed for the estuary by capturing and providing essential flows during the dry storing local basin runoff as well as Lake season. Okeechobee regulatory releases. This Project Status will reduce lake The design of the project, which was initially discharges completed in 2008, is now being updated to reaching the meet the current dam safety standards. estuary, improve Demolition work on the site and preloading of the health of the earthen mounds that will be used to build the Caloosahatchee reservoir is well underway and expected to be Estuary completed in August 2017. The construction of revitalizing fish the S-476 Pump Station associated with the and oyster reservoir is expected to be completed in April habitats by 2018. The entire reservoir project is expected to Water releases from the Caloosahatchee River Reservoir will provide reducing the be completed by 2022 at a cost of essential flows during the dry season, improving the ecological frequency of approximately $500 miliion. health of the Caloosahatchee Estuary. undesirable salinity ranges. CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER (C-43) WEST BASIN STORAGE RESERVOIR

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South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 561-686-8800 • www.sfwmd.gov EN02/17