Energy and land conversion · agency, project or public body
EAA Reservoir
sugar land turned water infrastructure
- Founded
- 2020
- Evidence class
- publicly verified operating
- Place
- Everglades Agricultural Area, Palm Beach County
- District
- The Glades
- Status as of 12 September 2026
- Under construction; the 6,500 acre stormwater treatment area is complete in January 2024 and the 10,500 acre reservoir is targeted for 2029 after a July 2025 acceleration.
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 193 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.005 (rank 65) · outside share 0.33
- Confidence
- High · sources: [SFWMDE] [SB10] (register)
The state builds the reservoir on former sugar district land assembled through the 2010 U.S. Sugar purchase, authorized by the 2017 Senate Bill 10; the inflow pump station breaks ground in November 2025 [SFWMDE][SB10].
Connections
Location and lineage
- grew out ofU.S. Sugar Corporationthe A-2 parcel comes into public ownership through the 2010 purchase2010 to present
- tied venture or seatEverglades Agricultural Arearoughly 17,000 acres of the sugar district become water infrastructure2018 to 2029
- built bySouth Florida Water Management Districtbuilds the reservoir under the 2017 Senate Bill 10; the treatment area is complete in January 20242017 to 2029