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Water Management

Draining the Everglades: How Canals Remade South Florida

For more than half a century, Florida's leaders, investors and engineers set out to drain and control the Everglades. Their…

09/24/2026

From Drainage to Restoration: How the Everglades Got a New Plan in 2000

For decades, South Florida's water system was built mainly to control floods and supply water. In December 2000, Congress approved…

09/24/2026

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