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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #423 |
| Indian River Lagoon Initiative, FY 2008-2009 |
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| Requester: |
Kirby Green |
Organization: |
St. Johns River Water Management District |
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| Project Title: |
Indian River Lagoon Initiative, FY 2008-2009 |
Date Submitted |
1/4/2008 11:34:39 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Posey |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| This project addresses improving water quality as it relates to the biological productivity and diversity of the lagoon. The lagoon fisheries account for 50% of Florida�s east coast recreational catch total and 30%�40% of Florida�s clam harvest. In addition, the lagoon is designated a priority water body under the 1987 Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act and is a designated estuary of national significance under the Section 320 of the federal Clean Water Act |
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| Recipient: |
St. Johns River Water Management District |
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Contact: |
Mike Slayton |
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PO Box 1429 |
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Contact Phone: |
(321) 508-0801 |
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Palatka 32178 |
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Contact email: |
mslayton@sjrwmd.com |
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| Counties: |
Brevard, Indian River, Volusia |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| The Indian River Lagoon Initiative is an ongoing project to restore, protect, and enhance the lagoon and its tributaries. Funding through this initiative will help to restore and enhance the lagoon. Examples of subprojects that could be funded through this request follow. The projects are organized by type of match and are in alphabetical order; the list is not a complete list.
Partner Match
� C-1 Rediversion�Turkey Creek Basin
� City of Vero Beach Wastewater Discharge Elimination
� Cooperative Surface Water Program�Sotille Canal Stormwater Park
� Fellsmere Water Management Area
� Local Government Cooperative Stormwater Programs�Priority Basins
� Rehabilitation of Coastal Wetland Habitat
� TMDL Required Implementation
No Match
� Assessment of Environmental Health Related to Water Clarity, Seagrass Recovery, Pollutant Load Reduction Goals (PLRGs), and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
� Cooperative Surface Water Program�St. Sebastian River Water Control District
� Eau Gallie River and Elbow Creek Muck Removal (Phase 1)
� Sebastian River Muck Removal
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Less freshwater runoff to the lagoon; number of reconnected mosquito impoundments; number of cubic yards of muck removed from the waterways; stormwater treatment/management and surface water treatment facilities; improved water quality in the lagoon and tributaries (e.g., less nutrients, improved dissolved oxygen levels); acres of sea grass; number of completed and implemented local and regional surface water management plans and projects addressing PLRGs and TMDLs |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$17,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$17,100,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Federal |
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Cash Amount |
$10,700,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2007-2008 |
Amount: |
$13,500,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$17,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Yes |
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Agency |
Environmental Protection, Department Of |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Yes |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
National Estuary Program�s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, SWIM Plan, and District W |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Indian River Legislative Delegation |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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Yes |
| Is the project eligible under section 403.885(2),F.S. to protect public health or the environment; and implement plans developed pursuant to the Surface Water Improvement and Management Act created in part IV of Chapter 373,F.S., other water restoration plans required by law, management plans prepared pursuant to 2.403.067,F.S., or other plans adopted by local government for water quality improvement and water restoration? |
Yes |
| Is your project addressed in a state, regional or local plan (such as a SWIM Plan, Comprehensive Plan, Local Master Plan, etc.)? |
Yes |
| Name the plan and cite the pages on which the project is described: |
| Indian River Lagoon Initiative, FY 2008�2009, approved December 11, 2007, pages 3�12; Indian River Lagoon SWIM Plan, 2002, all pages; Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, 1996, all pages; District Water Management Plan, 2005, pages 49�51 |
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| Are requesting funding for a stormwater, surface water restoration, or other water management project? |
Yes |
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| In which Water Management District is your project located? |
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St. Johns River Water Management District |
| Have you provided at least 50% match (that is, one-half the total project cost identified in this request? |
Yes |
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Match Amount: |
10700000 |
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Match Source: |
ad valorem and federal and local funding |
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| Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? |
Yes |
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Name of water body: |
Indian River Lagoon and its tributaries |
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| Describe, specifically, how it will reduce loadings, identify anticipated load reductions for total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and other contaminants, and specify the practices that will be used to reduce loadings: |
| The benefits of discharge elimination will result in the removal of 12,173 lbs of total nitrogen (TN), 916 lbs of total phosphorous (TP), and 2,336 lbs of total suspended solids (TSS) loadings per year to the Indian River Lagoon. Removal of this loading source, when combined with additional nonpoint source stormwater and freshwater discharge reduction projects, will result in improved water quality, enhancing conditions for seagrass growth. Additionally, elimination of the periodic wet weather wastewater discharges will reduce the introduction of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptive chemicals not removed in the treatment process that may bioaccumulate in lagoon fauna and may have long-term adverse affects on fisheries and marine wildlife.
The C-1 Rediversion subproject and its planned reductions in C-1 storm discharges are targeted to reduce TSS, TN, TP, and other contaminants by 50% or more into Turkey Creek and the lagoon. Over 90% of the annual volume of freshwater and 68%�80% of the annual loadings of nutrients (N and P) and TSS that are discharged through Turkey Creek are contributed by the C-1 canal. These unnaturally large volumes of freshwater and pollutant loads impact salinity and water quality and, in turn, the sea grasses within a 10- to 20-square-mile area of the adjacent lagoon. Under the current C-1 rediversion design, C-1 discharges that are greater than 452 million gallons/day (700 cubic feet per second) which usually occur at least once each year, would occur no more frequently than once every 5 years.
The muck removal subproject will benefit water quality and clarity through reduction in TSS and sediment loading to the lagoon and sediment flux rates of nutrients; enhance habitat quality and faunal use, leading to more biological diversity; and stabilize river bottom salinity by enhancing the salinity wedge. Achieving and maintaining dredge depths of >6 feet will dampen wind- and propeller-induced resuspension of sediments and trap TSS loads within deeper holes (sumps) created by dredging, thereby preventing the transport of TSS into the lagoon.
Cooperative local government stormwater programs in the central lagoon and regional surface water programs in conjunction with the water control districts within Indian River County are being designed and implemented to meet provisional �allowable� loading targets based upon approximate loading rates from 1943. Within the Melbourne Crane Creek subbasin, which generates the highest areal loading rates (lb/ac/yr) of any subbasin in the lagoon system, a 50% reduction of TN to 4.4 lb/ac/yr and TP to 0.6 lb/ac/yr, and a target of <50 lb/ac/yr TSS is proposed by Brevard County. |
| Is the project under construction? |
Yes |
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| Are you requesting funding for a wastewater project? |
No |
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| Are you requesting funding for a drinking water project? |
No |
