Lake is down (but not out)

[Robert Sobczak]

Among other things,
this maps shows that Lake O
stage is 4 feet lower than the
Everglades to the south.

Isn't supposed to flow there?
Answer: Not (naturally) anymore.

Find out more in Go Hydrology! 

[Swamp Hunter]

 I have always known that water will puddle up where rain is heaviest but I thought it always eventually, gradually flowed basically south albiet ever so slowly.  I will have to study the map some day.. I would imagine there is some backpumping going on but I dont understand why a pump is needed to push water south unless the natural southerly flow is blocked. 

[Swamp Hunter]

Are you saying they are pumping the water south out of Lake O?  Does this mean they are making WCA1 into a huge lake?

[Robert Sobczak]

WCA1 is 4 ft higher than Lake O.  To get water into it, therefore requires pumping it.  Is it a lake?  My understanding is that flow mostly occurs around the perimeter canal, not through the marsh ... therefore in a way, yes.