Description: C-4 EDB permit provides improved flood protection. The individual permits are as follows: The C-4 EDB provides improved flood protection for the City of Sweetwater and surrounding areas during extreme storm events by providing 3,264 acre-feet (ac-ft) of aboveground storage for floodwaters. During a major storm event, the C-4 EDB pumps convey floodwaters from the C-4 canal into the storage detention basins (both Phase I and Phase II), which helps reduce flooding of the area further east. After the event and stages in the C-4 canal have returned to normal, the floodwaters discharge from the EDB back to the C-4 canal and eventually to tide. Construction of the water management infrastructure was certified complete in May 2005, and the facility became administratively operational in November 2006.
Copyright Text: SFWMD, Regulation: SFWMD shares regulatory responsibilities for managing and protecting regional water resources with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other state and local governments. Geospatial Services manages and maintains geospatial products and data related to the Regulation business function. Regulation provides oversight over these products.