Water agencies within the Southeast Florida collaborated on the development of the C-51 Phase I Reservoir as a regional water supply. The reservoir will capture and store excess wet-season storm water that is currently discharged and lost to the Lake Worth Lagoon estuary. The recently completed reservoir will store 14,000 acre-feet and supply 35 million gallons per day (MGD) of raw water to participating utilities. In addition to providing a sustainable water storage and supply, the reservoir will provide environmental benefits by reducing excess wet-season freshwater discharges to the brackish Lake Worth Lagoon. The reservoir assists with flood control and Everglades restoration efforts. The reservoir design includes a minimum 2.5-foot-wide soil-bentonite (SB) wall running the entire length of the embankment’s axis with a small section of a soil-cement-bentonite (SCB) wall where twin 96-inch diameter conveyance pipes for the gated control structure cross the SCB wall alignment.
