Introduction / Forrest T. Izuno and A.B. Bottcher -- The history of water management in south Florida / Forrest T. Izuno and A.B. Bottcher -- Soils of the EAA / George H. Snyder -- Nitrogen in the organic soils of the EAA / P. Steven Porter and Charles A. Sanchez -- Phosphorus in the organic soils of the EAA / Charles A. Sanchez and P. Steven Porter -- Physical components and water management in the Lake Okeechobee-EAA-WCA-ENP system / Forrest P. Izuno -- EAA water quality research, monitoring, and abatement programs / T. Scott Wiggins and A.B. Bottcher -- The economic importance of the EAA and water quality management / José Alvarez [and others] -- Sugarcane production in the EAA / Frank J. Coale -- Vegetable production in the EAA / Thomas J. Schueneman and Charles A. Sanchez -- Sod production in the EAA / John L. Cisar, John J. Haydu, and L.B. McCarty -- Rice and other aquatic crops / David B. Jones, George H. Snyder, and José Alvarez