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[1] The Central and Southern Florida Project is a regional water management system, operated and maintained by the South Florida Water Management District in South Florida, the Everglades, and Lake Okeechobee to protect residents and businesses from floods and droughts.[2] The Central and Southern Florida Project is also the title of the corresponding law, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1948.[3]

  1. ^ "The Orlando Sentinel 10 Mar 1957, page Page 100". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  2. ^ "Flood Control". www.sfwmd.gov.
  3. ^ Grunwald, Michael (2006). The Swamp (First paperback ed.). New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-7432-5105-1.

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