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Ron DeSantis: “We'll deliver between 270 to 470 billion gallons of clean…”

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Governor DeSantis Makes Major Everglades Restoration Announcement

Published | Video Starts at 11:16

But obviously when those systems come, that affects the levels in Lake Okeechobee. Now the reservoir, it'll be larger than Manhattan and it'll probably be safer than Manhattan's going to be too. And when operational, We'll deliver between 270 to 470 billion gallons of clean fresh water to the Everglades in Florida Bay every year. We'll also supply fresh water for the Biscayne Aquifer, which is a source of drinking water for many people in, in South Florida. So this is something that will be, will be really significant. (11:16–11:25)

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Asserts that the project will deliver between 270 to 470 billion gallons of clean water to the Everglades annually.

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