The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)has as one of its major goals to
A)pump excess water out of the Everglades system into the Atlantic.
B)drain Lake Okeechobee to increase the amount of water in the Everglades wetlands.
C)redirect water southward to provide water for cities and farms and restore some of the drained wetlands.
D)expand the agricultural region from 550,000 to 900,000 acres.

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The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) aims to redirect water southward to provide water for cities and farms and restore some of the drained wetlands. This is intended to help restore the natural flow and freshwater storage in the Everglades ecosystem, which has been altered by human activities such as drainage and urbanization. The plan does not involve pumping excess water out of the Everglades system into the Atlantic, draining Lake Okeechobee to increase the amount of water in the wetlands, or expanding the agricultural region.

The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)has as One of Its