page_title: Water Conservation Area 3
section_title: WCA-3A
hierarchical_section_title: Water Conservation Area 3 / WCA-3A
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking north into Water Conservation Area 3A from the Tamiami Trail at dawn in Miami-Dade County, Florida
context_page_description: Water Conservation Area 3 is the largest existing WCA covering a total of 915 square miles within Western Dade and Broward Counties. Lying southwest of WCA-2 and just north of Everglades National Park, WCA-3 is used primarily as an area to receive flood waters from adjacent areas and store them for beneficial municipal, urban, and agricultural uses. It was subdivided into WCA-2A and WCA-2B by way of the L-67 canal and levees as a safeguard against seepage into the aquifer.
context_section_description: WCA-3A makes up 786 square miles of the whole area and is responsible for delivering water to both Everglades National Park and Miami-Dade County. It is the only WCA that is not fully enclosed by levees. A gap left in the mid western side allows for overland flow into Big Cypress National Preserve.
caption: WCA-3A
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