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Florida’s Experience With Managing Nonpoint-Source Phosphorus Runoff Into Lake Okeechobee

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Lake Okeechobee is the second largest freshwater lake contained in the contiguous United States with a surface area of 730 square miles and a drainage area of more than 4600 square miles (SFWMD, 1989). Located in south central Florida, the Lake is the direct water supply for five municipalities, provides backup supply for the lower east coast of Florida, and provides ecological, recreational and irrigation benefits to many users.’ Lake Okeechobee is a shallow (i.e., average depth of 9 feet), highly productive, eutrophic lake which is in danger of becoming hypereutrophic (i.e., excessive nutrient concentrations leading to algae blooms, depletion of dissolved oxygen and fish kills).

Authors are Professor of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Senior Civil Engineer, South Florida Water Management District, and Research Analyst, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, respectively.

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  1. Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, USA

    Clifford S. Russell (Director, Professor of Economics) (Director, Professor of Economics)

  2. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    Clifford S. Russell (Director, Professor of Economics) (Director, Professor of Economics)

  3. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

    Jason F. Shogren (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

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Boggess, W.G., Flaig, E.G., Fonyo, C.M. (1993). Florida’s Experience With Managing Nonpoint-Source Phosphorus Runoff Into Lake Okeechobee. In: Russell, C.S., Shogren, J.F. (eds) Theory, Modeling and Experience in the Management of Nonpoint-Source Pollution. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3156-2_10

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