Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands S-709 Pump Station project
(Left to right) Miami-Dade County's Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, Col. James Booth, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, Howard (Howie) Gonzales Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project Management, Maj. Cory Bell, Deputy District Commander South Florida, and Eva B. Valez, Chief, Ecosystem Branch · US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District gather at the BBCW projectproject that celebrates the completion of the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project S-709 Pump Station project Aug. 22, 2023 in the Biscayne National Park. The project is to rehydrate coastal wetlands and reduce damaging point-source freshwater discharge to Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park. The BBCW project will restore wetland and estuarine habitats, and divert an average of 59 percent of the annual coastal structure discharge into freshwater and saltwater wetlands instead of direct discharges to Biscayne Bay and Biscayne National Park. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)