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Restoration of the Everglades refers mostly to restoring the natural water flow. According to the US Dept. of the Interior's Programmatic Environmental Assessment of the EAA, restoring the Everglades ecosystem will require the following efforts: 1. Improving quality, quantity, timing, and distribution of freshwater flow to and through the natural Everglades and to estuaries; 2. Restoring the natural organic soil formation processes and arresting soil subsidence; 3. Regaining lost water storage capacity; 4. Improving water quality, including reduction of nutrients, and ensuring appropriate water quality consistent with designated uses including restoration and protection of the natural systems; 5. Improving wildlife habitat quality and heterogeneity; 6. Helping provide for sustainable populations of native plant and animal species, with special attention to threatened, endangered, or species of special concern; 7. Halting and/or reversing the conditions causing the spread of exotic and nuisance species that are threatening areas as a result of disturbances such as nutrient enrichment; 8. Ensuring adequate water supply and flood protection for urban, natural, and agricultural needs, and; 9. Providing water management that supports economic diversity and sustainability derived from the natural and developed systems. (3)
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