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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #660 |
| Tampa Bay Restoration |
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| Requester: |
Dave Moore, Executive Director |
Organization: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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| Project Title: |
Tampa Bay Restoration |
Date Submitted |
1/3/2008 9:26:00 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Jones |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Tampa Bay is Florida's largest open water estuary, more than 272 square miles. Its major tributary, the Hillsborough River, is the primary drinking water source for the City of Tampa. The contributing watershed for Tampa Bay is approximately 2,200 square miles in size, and includes portions of Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas Counties, as well as the cities of Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. It also includes the Port of Tampa, the nation's third largest port, in terms of domestic tonnage. It is the highest ranked water body on the District's SWIM Priority List and has been declared an Estuary of National Significance by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bay is home to more than one hundred bottlenose dolphins and as many as 100 manatees have been recorded in the bay at one time. The nation's first major desalination plant producing 25 million gallons of drinking water a day (10% of the three county area's needs) is located on Tampa Bay. |
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| Recipient: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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Contact: |
David Rathke, Director, Community & Legislative Affairs |
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2379 Broad St. |
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Contact Phone: |
(352) 279-2834 |
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Brooksville 34604 |
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Contact email: |
david.rathke@watermatters.org |
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| Counties: |
Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Funds received from the state for this project will be used for implementation of stormwater retrofits, habitat restoration, and exotic plant removal in areas including but not limited to McKay Bay/Palm River, Mobbly Bay, Terra Ceia, McIntosh Park, the Reed Property, and the Kapok Wetland.
For example, the Rock Pond Restoration project is a cooperative effort between the District, Hillsborough County and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program that has been funded in part over the last two years with state appropriations. The project involves design, permitting and construction of an ecosystem restoration effort in southwestern Hillsborough County that includes 1771 acres of wetlands and 626 acres of uplands. Mining, mosquito ditching and other dredge/fill activities have significantly altered the area and the restoration project will restore/enhance various estuarine and freshwater wetland communities, improve water quality and increase habitat acreage.
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| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| The objectives of Tampa Bay Restoration projects are a return to a functioning native system with improved water quality and habitat. There are more than 7 completed and 45 ongoing projects that will meet long-term objectives water quality improvement, habitat restoration, and a reduction in the pollutant loads. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$2,000,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$4,000,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
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Cash Amount |
$2,000,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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Yes |
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Fiscal Year: |
2006-2007 |
Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$1,000,000 |
To Fund: |
Construction |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Southwest Florida Water Management District Tampa Bay SWIM Plan |
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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: |
Pinellas County 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: |
| Southwest Florida Water Management District Tampa Bay SWIM Plan |
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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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SWFWMD |
| 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: |
2000000 |
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Match Source: |
SWFWMD |
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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: |
Tampa Bay |
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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: |
| : This project will reduce nitrogen concentrations in Tampa Bay by approximately 7% or 17 tons per year through 2010. This will be accomplished through the restoration of 12,350 acres of sea grass habitat, 1,800 acres of low-salinity tidal marsh, protection and enhancement of the areas mangrove and salt marsh communities totaling about 14,000 acres, the restoration of over 150 acres of salt barren habitat, and through the implementation of stormwater retrofits and other Best Management Practices. |
| 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 |
