Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP) BMAPS

The Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP; section 373.4595, F.S.) was established with the intent to protect and restore surface water resources to achieve water quality standards in the Northern Everglades through a phased, comprehensive and innovative protection program that includes long-term solutions to reduce nutrient loading to meet the state’s total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) established in accordance with section 403.067, F.S. The Northern Everglades watersheds include the Lake Okeechobee watershed and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River watersheds and estuaries.  

NEEP Technical and Model Documents and Meeting Materials

DEP has contracted Tetra Tech to update and develop Hydrological Simulation Program – FORTRAN (HSPF) models for all three watersheds in the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program. This effort will ensure one consistent modeling platform for the Northern Everglades BMAPs. The goal of this project is to prepare models that represents total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) loading throughout the watersheds to estimate the nutrient load reaching each of the target waterbodies. DEP will use the model results in future updates to the BMAPs.