| NEPES |
Northern Everglades - Payment for Environmental Services |
Matt Powers |
WQM |
mpowers |
30-JUL-2014 |
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The Dispersed Water Management Program is intended to reduce the quantity of undesirable stormwater runoff and reduce nutrient loading to Lake Okeechobee, the St Lucie estuary and the Caloosahatchee estuary. To achieve this task the Dispersed Water Management Program encourages private property owners to retain water on their lands rather than allowing drainage to area canals for the purpose of reducing regional run-off and increasing ground water recharge. The goal of the NEPES is to establish cooperative agreements with eligible private ranchers to utilize suitable lands for water retention and reduce nutrient loadings to Lake Okeechobee and coastal estuaries. |
