Hydrologic effects of area B flood control plan on urbanization of Dade County, Florida

F. A. Kohout; J.H. Hartwell

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Hydrologic effects of area B flood control plan on urbanization of Dade County, Florida

F. A. Kohout·J.H. Hartwell

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Swampy low land (Area B) that fringes the Everglades west of Metropolitan Miami, Florida (Area A) probably will be urbanized in the future. Area B will be protected from flooding by huge pumps that will pump water westward from Area B over a levee system into Conservation Area 3B. The total capacity of the pumps will be about 13,400 cubic feet per second which is sufficient to lower water levels 2 inches per day in the 203 square miles of Area B. As this capacity is about equal to the highest gravity-flow discharge to the ocean through existing canals of the Miami area, a great potential. will exist, not only for control of floods, but also for beneficial control and management of a major segment of the water resources in southeastern Florida.

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F. A. Kohout, J.H. Hartwell. 1967. Hydrologic effects of area B flood control plan on urbanization of Dade County, Florida. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70046926

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