More on federal court decision on Everglades reservoir... by gimleteye

Forest Michael wrote the following viewpoint regarding the federal court decision ordering the state of Florida to build the massive EAA reservoir:

"All adoration aside for Mike Collins, a good spirited and knowledgeable outdoorsman, the EAA A-1 Reservoir was still an in-progress experiment that was not even fully tested when construction was halted... The Tampa Bay Bill Young Reservoir and the 10 Mile Creek Reservoir (EAA A-1 "Prototype"), have both failed; the same roller compacted concrete (construction) literally cracking to bits in the hot Florida sunshine, to the tune of over $125 Million plus another $15 Million approximate repair costs as reported in various media. Unfortunately for taxpayers, the EAA A-1 is the same design and is a 40 foot tall monolithic concrete structure in the middle of the historic River of Grass, *"the size of Manhattan." * Some consider these massive and untested concrete reservoirs relics of the bygone 1980s era, from a time when no expense was spared on consultant fees, contractor fees, cost overruns, on the dynamiting of the River of Grass for industrial strength concrete plants, canals, huge pump stations with mega-pumps, and their unknown yet considerable Operations, Maintenance and Capital costs. This is not what the rest of the world considers as "restoration." Today is a new day. By all means, protect the native American sovereign lands and peoples from flooding, but do so in a sustainable manner as their ancestors would have - with the land and with the River of Grass."