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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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Appendix C

Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, Chair, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

EDWARD J. BOUWER, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

YU-PING CHIN, Ohio State University, Columbus

M. SIOBHAN FENNESSY, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

BEN GRUMBLES, Clean Water America Alliance, Washington, D.C.

GEORGE R. HALLBERG, The Cadmus Group, Watertown, Massachusetts

CATHERINE L. KLING, Iowa State University, Ames

DEBRA S. KNOPMAN, RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia

LARRY LARSON, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Madison, Wisconsin

RITA P. MAGUIRE, Maguire & Pearce PLLC, Phoenix, Arizona

DAVID I. MAURSTAD, OST, Inc., McLean, Virginia

ROBERT SIMONDS, The Robert Simonds Company, Culver City, California

FRANK H. STILLINGER, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

MARYLYNN V. YATES, University of California, Riverside

JAMES W. ZIGLAR, SR., Van Ness Feldman, Washington, D.C.

Staff

JEFFREY JACOBS, Director

LAURA J. EHLERS, Senior Program Officer

STEPHANIE E. JOHNSON, Senior Program Officer

M. JEANNE AQUILINO, Financial and Administrative Associate

MICHAEL J. STOEVER, Research Associate

ANITA A. HALL, Senior Program Associate

SARAH E. BRENNAN, Senior Program Assistant

BRENDAM R. McGOVERN, Senior Program Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND TOXICOLOGY

ROGENE F. HENDERSON, Chair, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

PRAVEEN AMAR, Private Consultant, Boston, Massachusetts

RICHARD A. BECKER, American Chemistry Council, Washington, D.C.

MICHAEL J. BRADLEY, M.J. Bradley & Associates, Concord, Massachusetts

JONATHAN Z. CANNON, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

GAIL CHARNLEY-ELLIOT, HealthRisk Strategies, Washington, D.C.

DOMINIC M. DI TORO, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

DAVID C. DORMAN, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

CHARLES T. DRISCOLL, JR., Syracuse University, New York

WILLIAM H. FAIRLAND, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

LYNN R. GOLDMAN, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

LINDA E. GREER, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.

WILLIAM E. HALPERIN, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark

STEVEN P. HAMBURG, Environmental Defense Fund, New York

ROBERT A. HIATT, University of California, San Francisco

PHILIP K. HOPKE, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York

SAMUEL KACEW, University of Ottawa, Ontario

H. SCOTT MATTHEWS, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THOMAS E. MCKONE, University of California, Berkeley

TERRY L. MEDLEY, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware

JANA MILFORD, University of Colorado, Boulder

MARK A. RATNER, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

JOAN B. ROSE, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

GINA M. SOLOMON, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, California

PETER S. THORNE, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

JOYCE S. TSUJI, Exponent Environmental Group, Bellevue, Washington

Senior Staff

JAMES J. REISA, Director

DAVID J. POLICANSKY, Scholar

RAYMOND A. WASSEL, Senior Program Officer for Environmental Studies

SUSAN N. J. MARTEL, Senior Program Officer for Toxicology

ELLEN K. MANTUS, Senior Program Officer for Risk Analysis

MISADA KARALIC-LONCAREVIC, Manager, Technical Information Center

RADIAH ROSE, Manager, Editorial Projects

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade.

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the fifth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. The report makes recommendations for restoration activities, project management strategies, management of invasive nonnative species, and high-priority research needs.

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