Corps breaks ground on reservoir for Everglades project - Nov. 20, 2015
Federal, state and local officials celebrated the start of a major construction contract for the reservoir component of the C-44 Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area project on Nov. 20, a critical restoration project to restore America’s Everglades.
Corps awards Indian River Lagoon-South construction contract - Sept. 11, 2015
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has awarded a construction contract for the reservoir component of the Indian River Lagoon-South’s C-44 Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) project in Martin County, Fla. The $197 million construction contract was awarded Sept. 11 to Barnard Construction Co. Inc. from Bozeman, Mont. The contract involves the construction of a 3,400-acre reservoir that will store up to 15 feet of water and will provide 50,600 acre-feet (16.5 billion gallons) of storage capacity. Construction is anticipated to begin this winter.
Corps completes first construction contract for Indian River Lagoon-South project - July 31, 2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction of the project's firct construction contract in July 2014, which consisted of constructing the western intake canal, eastern C-133/133A canal, all access roads and staging areas, and the construction of the Citrus Boulevard bridge and culvert. The Corps is scheduled to award the construction contract for the 3,4000-acre reservoir in September 2015. The reservoir is the largest component of the project and will provide 50,600 acre-feet of storage.
The reservoir contract will complement the construction already initiated by the South Florida Water Management District on the reservoir intake canal, pump station and associated Stormwater Treatment Area. Collectively, these features will work together to provide additional storage and treatment, while attenuating damaging flows discharged to the St. Lucie estuary.
These shared efforts on construction contracts will reduce the time needed to fully-construct the project by at least two years. Construction of the C-44 Reservoir and STA is scheduled to be completed in 2019. Upon construction completion, up to two years of operational testing will occur. Once all contracts are completed, the will provide, in total, 60,500 acre-feet of new water storage (50,600 acre-feet in the reservoir and 9,900 acre-feet in the STAs) and 3,600 acres of new wetlands.