Editing West Palm Beach, Florida (section)

===West Palm Beach Canal (C51)===
According to the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]], the West Palm Beach Canal (C-51)/Stormwater Treatment Area (STA)1 East project was authorized by the [[U.S. Congress]] under the Flood Control Acts of 1948, 1954, 1962, 1968, and the [[Water Resources Development Act]] (WRDA) of 1996. The project is located in [[Palm Beach County]] and runs east to west from [[West Palm Beach]] at Lake Worth to Water Conservation Area (WCA) No. 1 ([[Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge]]). The authorized project will provide 30-year flood protection to the urbanized eastern basin and 10-year flood protection to the western basin. All eastern basin features have been completed.<ref name="CESAJ-PM(Cong)">{{cite web|url= https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Portals/44/docs/CongressionalFS/2015/CSF_West_Palm_Beach_Canal_%28C51%29_%28C%29_CFS15.pdf |title= Congressional Fact Sheet - West Palm Beach Canal (C51) |date=March 2015 |website=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>

During mediation of the Everglades water quality litigation, a technical plan was developed for resolution of the litigation. The technical plan included a substantially modified C-51 project. The modified plan expands the original 1,600-acre floodwater detention area into a 6,500-acre stormwater detention area. In addition to the flood damage reduction benefits provided by the original project, the modified plan provides [[water treatment]], reduction of damaging freshwater [[discharge (hydrology)|discharges]] to [[Lake Worth Lagoon|Lake Worth]], and increased [[water supply]] for the [[Everglades]] and other users.<ref name="CESAJ-PM(Cong)"/>

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the total estimated cost of the West Palm Beach Canal (C51) is $375.47 million, with an estimated $345.04 million as the Federal Government's cost share. A total of $1.05 million was appropriated for this project by the U.S. Congress in Fiscal Year 2015. The Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request from the [[U.S. President]] to the U.S. Congress was for $1 million.<ref name="CESAJ-PM(Cong)"/>