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Florida Power & Light Dike Failure and its Impacts on Project Facilities Martin and Okeechobee Counties

Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Florida Power & Light Dike Failure and its Impacts on Project Facilities Martin and Okeechobee Counties
Organization/Agency
South Florida Water Management District
Year
1979
Event Location
Florida
Abstract/Additional Information

An early information document to the Governing Board for analysis and guidance. This report was prepared to set forth pertinent background information about those Project facilities lying within the affected area, to describe the impacts on those Project facilities brought about by this catastrophic event, and to point out the measures taken by the District following the dike failure to hasten a return to normal stages in the flooded areas, within the flexibility allowed by primary drainage structures.