The National Research Council’s Water Science and Technology Board recently released the “Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study.” The report reviews an 11-year regional study carried out by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District to assess the regional effects of large-scale aquifer storage and…
Overarching Policy Issues Promote integration of hazard mitigation into federal programs, legislation and regulations. Support the work of the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force to identify impediments to successful flood loss reduction and incentives to promote wise floodplain and flood risk management and protection of natural floodplain functions. Encourage agency implementation of the Executive…