SFWMD was considering construction of Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) wells northwest of Lake Okeechobee in support of meeting its mission elements of water supply planning, flood protection, water quality improvements, and ecosystem restoration. However, there was little information on existing environmental conditions within the proposed system footprint or adjacent land areas. To support continued project concept development and preliminary design, CH2M HILL subcontracted ANAMAR to conduct preliminary field investigations designed to characterize Paradise Run river channel morphology, sediment characteristics, water quality, and biological conditions along the remnant river channel and in representative areas of the floodplain. The information was intended to guide continued plan formulation and conceptual design activities and to support future recommendations regarding expanded environmental assessments likely to be needed during environmental permitting of the proposed facility construction.