By Jonathan Webber
Conservation Campaign Manager
Published March 23, 2011
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United States Federal Judge Federico Moreno has ruled in favor of a position recommended by Ä¢¹½Av of Florida in the long-running Everglades water quality litigation.
Ä¢¹½Av recommended deferral of initial plans to build the 16,500 acre A-1 reservoir in favor of a redesign that would allow for consideration of land bought from the US Sugar Corporation as part of a revised plan. Ä¢¹½Av experts in water quality and hydrology testified before the courts special master John Barkett urging that the A-1 reservoir land be redirected to stormwater treatment area construction to reduce phosphorus pollution in the Everglades.
Judge Moreno has now accepted Ä¢¹½Av’s recommendations and this will likely lead to redesigned cleanup efforts to solve the phosphorus problem.
Ä¢¹½Av has been represented in the federal court by attorney Thom Rumberger and Anna Upton and our litigation efforts have been supported by the Everglades Foundation.
**UPDATE: The has reported on this story, citing Ä¢¹½Av's and the Everglades Foundation's leadership on this critical Florida issue.
Watch Ä¢¹½Av's Charles Lee testify in front of the Technical Oversight Committee in favor of increased protection of water quality in the Everglades:
