CHAPTER 6
 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

 This effort aimed to create and use a model to estimate water quality in the

EAASR and Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) 3/4. The model was designed to

function in the dynamic and challenging EAASR design process. Key insights on the

most current EAASR and STA 3/4 configurations were found.

 Chapter 2 presented the background and previous work on CERP, the EAASR,

systems engineering, and reservoir modeling. CERP is an ambitious project to "get the

water right" in the South Florida Ecosystem and restore the Everglades. The project goal

will be accomplished by all 63 projects operating together. The Acceler8 project

streamlines the CERP planning, design, and construction process to provide benefits to

the system more quickly and cost-efficiently. The EAASR, a CERP and Acceler8

project, will provide storage for water supply, flood control, and flow equalization for

water quality treatment areas. Water supply and flood control design approaches are well

developed, while water quality approaches are less developed. The streamlining of the

planning and design of the EAASR has posed several challenges resulting in an iterative

design process with multiple conceptual design alternative formulations and analyses.

Due to differences in the simulation, uncertainty exists when these multiple formulations

and analyses are compared.

 The systems engineering approach to design provides a proven approach that can

meet the challenges of the EAASR planning and design process. The approach

incorporates disciplinary models that may produce a more optimal design than traditional