Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review - 2010 by National Research Council of the National Academies

Author:National Research Council of the National Academies
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Environment and Environmental Studies : Ecology and Ecosystems. Environment and Environmental Studies
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Published: 2011-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

Source Control Strategies

One of the approaches for improving and maintaining water quality in the South Florida ecosystem has been the implementation of source controls, or BMPs. BMPs are applied to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands, and on both field and watershed scales. Examples of BMPs include improved nutrient management practices, fencing cattle out of waterways (with provision of alternative water sources for cattle), sediment and erosion control measures, use of conservation and riparian buffers, increased wetland and ditch water retention, improved irrigation management, and controlled drainage. Implementation strategies vary among watersheds and even among the basins in each watershed, depending on water quality goals for the watershed or basin, attainment status of meeting the water quality goal, and statutory requirements. BMPs are implemented throughout the South Florida ecosystem (see Figure 5-4), and recent progress on the SFWMD’s efforts with respect to BMPs both north and south of Lake Okeechobee is well documented in Van Horn and Wade (2010).

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