Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1144FY0102

East Indian River County Stormwater

Requester:

IIndian River County Board of Count yCommissioners

Organization:

Indian River County

Project Title:

East Indian River County Stormwater

Date Submitted:

1/18/2002 3:13:47 PM

Sponsors:

Ken Pruitt

Statewide Interest:

THis East Indian River Couny Master Stormwater Management Plan will address stormwater runoff from over 50,000 acres of land, which includes the urban center of Vero Beach.� This watershed discharges a tremendous volume of stormwater and pollutants directly into the Indian River Lagoon (Lagoon), and detrimentally impacts over 15 miles of it.� These degraded 15 miles are the second highest polluted segment of the 155 mile-long Lagoon.� Reduction in the volume and the pollutant "loading" will help restoree water quality and bio-diversity to this estuary, which is of regional, state, and international importance.

Recipient:

Indian River County

Contact:

Keith McCully

1840 25th Street

Contact Phone:

(615) 678-0001 562

Vero Beach 32960

Counties:

Indian River

Gov't Entity:

Yes

Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit):

Project Description:

The Indian River Lagoon ecosystem provides immeasurable economic benefits to Indian River County.� Therefore, in 1999, Indian River County initiated a conceptual plan to address the enormous amount of freshwater and stormwater runoff discharged into the Lagoon.� The Indian River Farms Control District (IRFWCD), representing over 50,000 acres, discharges an annualized average of approximately 100 millon gallons of untreated water into the Lagoon each day.� When rainfall occurs, this colume is increased tremendously by untreated stormwater runoff.� This immense quantity of flow and water borne pollutants has detrimentally impacted over fifteen (15) miles of Indian River County's twenty-two (22) mile portion of the Lagoon and continues to degrade the Lagoon daily.� In fact, this section of the Lagoon is the second highest polluted segment of the entire Lagoon system.

Phase I of the Master Plan Study - will target� the areas of the Main and South Relief Canals and Pahse II will expand the system to the North Relief Canal, major north/south lateral canals, innovative stormwater treatment systems, storage reservoirs, and in canal improvements, such as water control structures and sedimentation basins.

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

The integrated stormwater treatment, storage, and recharge/reuse facilities will incorporate Best Management Practices (BMPs), cutting edge stormwater treatment technology, resource reuse, in-canal improvements, and restroation techniques within the IRFWCD watershed.

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$3,000,000

Total cost of the project:

$11,000,000

Request has been made to fund:

Operations

What type of match exists for this project?

Local

In-Kind Amount:

$1,200,000

Was this project previously funded by the State?

Yes

Fiscal Year:

2000-01

Amount:

$1,500,000

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

Unknown

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

Yes

Agency:

Environmental Protection, Department Of

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

Yes

Is there a documented need for this project?

Yes

Documentation:

EIRC Master Stromwater Mgmt Plan

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

Hearing Body:

IRC Board of County Commissioners

Meeting Date:

11/20/2001