Located on 10,700 acres of former farmland in Hendry County, Fla., west of Labelle, the Caloosahatchee River West Basin Storage (C-43) Reservoir will hold approximately 170,000 acre-feet of water, with the maximum depth ranging from 15 feet to 25 feet across the expanse.

The project includes development of one aboveground reservoir, to be located in the C-43 Basin in Hendry County, with a total storage capacity of approximately 170,000 acre-feet (ac-ft). The...

The C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir (WBSR) is one component of the larger Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a comprehensive hydrologic restoration project for the water resources of central and south Florida that was authorized by Congress in 2000.

2024年5月3日 · LABELLE, Fla. — When completed, the C-43 Reservoir in LaBelle will store and clean water from runoff and Lake Okeechobee discharges before it’s released to the Caloosahatchee.

2023年12月19日 · The C-43 Reservoir will reduce harmful water flows to the Caloosahatchee by providing extra water storage — capturing both local basin runoff and Lake Okeechobee regulatory releases to improve the health of the estuary. It is big enough to hold 55 billion gallons of water, or as much as 73 University of Florida football stadiums!

2023年12月21日 · The Caloosahatchee (C-43) Reservoir will be an 18 square mile, above-ground water storage reservoir designed to hold excess water during the wet season and then...

The C-43 West Reservoir is a massive above-ground, water storage project that will cover 9,000 acres in western Hendry County. As conceived, the C-43 reservoir will provide some excess wet season water storage capacity when the Caloosahatchee River has too much fresh water.

The Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir project will improve the timing, quantity and quality of freshwater flows to the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary. South Florida’s flood reduction system stores water in Lake Okeechobee during the annual wet season.

The Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage . Reservoir will help ensure a more natural, consistent flow of fresh water to the estuary. To restore and maintain the estuary during the dry season, the project will capture and store basin stormwater runoff, along with a portion of water discharged from Lake

Developed by C-43 Water Management Builders for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir is a 170,000-acre-foot infrastructure project designed to store excess freshwater from the Caloosahatchee River, stabilize salinity levels, and prevent algal blooms.