New Report Endorses Everglades Research Plan
Oct. 4 -- A federal and state research plan for Everglades
restoration goes long way to providing information needed
to settle remaining
technical questions, says a new National Academies report. The research
would assess a proposal to drill more than 300 wells funneling up to 1.7
billion gallons of water a day into underground aquifers, where it would be
stored and then pumped back to the surface to replenish the Everglades during dry
periods.