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South Florida Ecosystem Program: Quantifying Freshwater Discharge for Coastal Hydraulic Control Structures in Eastern Dade County, Florida

Fact Sheet 123-96
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https://doi.org/10.3133/fs12396

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Abstract

The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program is an intergovernmental effort, involving a number of agencies, to reestablish and maintain the ecosystem of south Florida. One element of the restoration effort is the development of a firm scientific basis for resource decision making. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), one of the agencies, provides scientific information as part of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program. The USGS began their ow program, called the South Florida Ecosystem Program, in fiscal year 1995 for the purpose of gathering hydrologic, cartographic, and geologic data that relate to the mainland of south Florida, Florida Bay, and the Florida Keys and Reef ecosystems.

As part of the South Florida Ecosystem Program, the USGS, in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), has conducted a study to determine discharge ratings for 16 coastal hydraulic control structures in eastern Dade County, Fla. Discharge data are needed to quantify water that can be made available for water supply and ecosystem restoration and to calibrate regional hydrologic models.

Suggested Citation

Kapadia, A., and Swain, E..D., 1996, South Florida Ecosystem Program—Quantifying freshwater discharge for coastal hydraulic control structures in eastern Dade County, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 1996–123, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs12396.

ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title South Florida Ecosystem Program: Quantifying freshwater discharge for coastal hydraulic control structures in eastern Dade County, Florida
Series title Fact Sheet
Series number 123-96
DOI 10.3133/fs12396
Year Published 1996
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center
Description 4 p.
Country United States
State Florida
County Dade County
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