Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Eighth Biennial Review - 2020

by Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world's treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure to improve flood management, urban water supply, and agricultural production. The remnants of the original Everglades now compete for water with urban and agricultural interests and are impaired by contaminated runoff from these two sectors. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309679788
• ISBN13: 9780309679787
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 324 Pages