The Everglades is dying, but the US Army Corps of Engineers and Dirt World contractors are bringing it back! We go behind the scenes of the EAA Reservoir, the crown jewel of the largest environmental restoration project in American history. Located in South Florida, this massive construction effort will act as a giant bathtub — storing water during wet seasons and slowly releasing it to restore the natural flow through the Everglades ecosystem. We talk draglines, long-reach excavators, concrete batch plants, mobile crushing spreads, and on-site quarries, all to build this reservoir the size of a small city. In this video: History of the Everglades drainage system How the EAA Reservoir works The machines and methods behind the build Why the Army Corps of Engineers is leading the charge A HUGE thank you to the US Army Corps of Engineers and Odin for the access to make this video possible! Learn more about the USACE here: https://www.usace.army.mil/ Thanks to our channel sponsor ARIAT! Check out their boots (which I wear in every video), workwear, and more here: https://www.ariat.com/work?utm_source… Florida Everglades restoration | EAA Reservoir | Army Corps of Engineers | mega projects | heavy construction | environmental engineering | Everglades National Park 0:00 Intro 0:32 The Everglades 1:31 History 2:23 The Project 3:01 The USACE 3:47 Getting Onsite 4:10 Seeing the Project 4:47 Talking with Major Bell 5:15 Steps in The Project 6:44 Step 1: Cleaning 8:49 Step 2: CLSM 10:33 Step 3: Embankment 10:43 Step 4: The Cutoff Wall 10:56 Sugarcane Fires 11:37 The Cutoff Wall Up Close 14:06 Cutoff Wall Testing 15:16 Embankment with the Dragline 18:26 Gator Watch 18:58 The Crushing Plants 21:25 Ariat Shoutout 21:37 The Pump Station 22:26 The Rock Bucket 22:56 The Surface Miner 23:29 Outro

Source: Why is the US Army Building a $4B Reservoir to Save the Everglades?