Abstract of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School
 of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the
 Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering

 WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED
 EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA STORAGE RESERVOIR: PHASE 1

 By

 Daniel L. Reisinger

 May 2006

Chair: James P. Heaney
Major Department: Environmental Engineering Sciences

 A model was developed to estimate water quality in the Everglades Agricultural

Area Storage Reservoir (EAASR) and Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) 3/4 as part of

the dynamic and challenging design process associated with the Everglades Restoration.

The University of Florida Water Quality Design Tool is a steady-state mass balance

model using the KC* model to simulate the total phosphorus (TP) concentrations of the

outflows from the proposed EAASR and downstream STA 3/4. Performance under long-

term average conditions was determined to be the most appropriate level of sophistication

needed to provide key insights for the rapidly evolving EAASR designs. Water quantity

boundary conditions were provided from output from the South Florida Water

Management Model, a complex regional model that simulates daily flows and stages over

a 36 year period.

 Water quantity and quality inputs to the model were calculated for the base and

STA scenarios for each configuration. The hydraulic residence time (HRT) of the