Part of our agreement allowed Florida to take control construction of inflow and outflow pump stations for the EAA. Located just south of Lake Okeechobee, The EAA is a 10,000 acre reservoir. It will store excess water from Lake Okeechobee over 78 billion gallons. Enough water to fill almost 120,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. This water will then be sent to an adjacent 6,500 acre stormwater treatment area, which is what we did, where it will be cleaned and then delivered south to nourish the Everglades. (09:49–10:00)
CLAIM
Asserts that the EAA is a 10,000-acre reservoir that will store over 78 billion gallons of excess water from Lake Okeechobee.
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