The Congress approved the
Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control and Other Purposes
(C&SF Project) in 1948. The implementing began in the mid 1950’s, and the
basic structures were finished by the mid 1960’s. Water management in the area
started. When it was finished, lands in the Fareast were protected from
flooding by blocking the flow through a perimeter levee. To the north, the
lands were designed for agriculture, to the west which was the major area was
the water conservation was designated for the National Park and other uses. The
excess was kept in the drainage and released in the ocean.
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