Year

Trigger

Policy

Infrastructure

Institutions

Law

1907

Flood 1903

Drain for Agriculture and Development

Canals

Everglades Drainage District

State

1928

Hurricane 1928

Protect against Lake Okeechobee Floods

Hoover Dike

US ACOE

Drainage District

1948

Flood 1947

Protect Flooding

Define EAA, Conservation Areas, Channel Kissimmee River

Levees, Canals, pumps

Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District

USACOE

PL 80-858

1949

Conservation

Creation of Everglades National Park

Water delivery structures

US DOI, National Park Service

1960

Fidel Castro assumes power in Cuba

Incentives to improve US sugar production

Local water control groups

Sugar price supports

1970

Drought 1962, 66

Minimum Flow to Everglades Park

Modify S-12 gates, regulation schedule

USACOE

PL 91-282

1977

Drought

1972

Water Supply, Water Quality

Saltwater dams,

Water supply to urban aquifers

South Florida Water Management District

State Law?

1982

Algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee

Stop agricultural runoff from north and backpumping from EAA

SFWMD/State DEP

State Permit

1981

Pollution in Lake Okeechobee

Dechannelize Kissimmee River

Adaptive remove structures

SFWMD

1983

ENSO Flood

Open flow to ENP restore hydrology

Open Gates

SFWMD

Everglades Coalition

PL-181

1985

Lawsuit

Rainfall Plan

SFWMD

None

1988

Cattail and nutrient pollution

lawsuit

Water quality (Phosphorus) standards

Nutrient removal marshes (STA)

US DOJ vs State of Florida

1992

Chronic environmental losses

Seek integrated water quantity/quality

AEAM workshops

None

1996

AEAM workshops

Restudy of C&SF project, purposes and achievements

Review rules and infrastructure

USACOE

2000

Restudy

Ecosystem Restoration

STA, Aquifer recharge

USACOE/

SFWMD

PL  106-541