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The Decomp Physical Model

Detailed Description

USGS staff--working with partners--released a harmless, fluorescent dye as part of a large-scale test that is being conducted along a 3,000-foot stretch of canals and levees. Its goal is to determine how to best design and formulate plans to reconnect water flows in the Everglades.

Birds-eye view of green dye marking the beginning of flow into the Everglades. The dye showed is after six hours of being released.

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