Innovative Multi-Jurisdictional Stormwater Recharge Reservoir: South Florida Client: City of Fort Lauderdale Location: Palm Beach County, FL To achieve sustainable water supplies and serve a growing population, seven water utilities in south Florida have collaborated to investigate the potential to harvest and store stormwater currently lost to tide and use it to recharge the surcial aquifer. This multi-jurisdictional project, named the "C-51 Reservoir", was implemented as a public- private partnership (P3). Palm Beach County’s unique geologic characteristics proved to be the optimal location for the reservoir, allowing long-term water storage without signicant seepage losses. Hazen and Sawyer, in association with Federico, Lamb and Associates, conceptualized and evaluated this innovat

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