Several years ago, it was announced by Florida and Washington officials that there will be a partnership to re-establish the Everglades by 2030. The Everglades is a World Heritage site and is also the largest subtropical wetland ecosystem in the world. The announcement was made 15 years ago.

But it seems that sufficient efforts are not being made to achieve that target. And more time will be required to do it. There were 68 projects, which were included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, and not even a single plan has been yet completed and just 13 plans have been approved.

The cost of the project is also rising with time and it has already reached twice the price, which was estimated in the beginning. The Great Recession also played a role in decreasing federal and state spending. And Congress also didn't pass bills related to water projects.

According to former Florida Gov. Bob Graham, a Democrat and former US senator who co-sponsored the Everglades restoration law, "There hasn't been a sense of urgency. There's an attitude of, well, if it doesn't happen this year, it'll happen next year or two years from now, or three years from now".

The Everglades is spread over 8 million acres i. e. from the southern suburbs of Orlando down to the Florida Keys.

According to the South Florida Water Management District, the state agency that looks after Everglades restoration, the southern interior was a huge swampland and it was difficult to reach most of its area around 1990s.

In the 1920s, hurricanes hit communities around Lake Okeechobee, and led to the need of drainage and flood-control measures in order to ensure the safety of lives and property. And then the scenario changed over there. The US Army Corps of Engineers started bringing changes by designing current patchwork of canals and other 'plumbing' components. And it led to huge growth in the area.