Transcript Lee County’s Basin Management Action Plans – Round I

Karen Bickford, TMDL Coordinator
[email protected]
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Projects in General
Best Management Practices In General
Lee Co BMAP Statistics
Watershed Scale Projects - Structural
Low Cost Opportunities – Non-Structural
Next steps
Projects in the Imperial River Watershed
New Projects, New Partnerships
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Structural – filter marshes, hydraulic
restorations
Non-Structural – public education, ordinance,
street sweeping
Land acquisition (no restoration) –
conservation lands to be owned and
maintained in perpetuity
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Total BMAP Acres = 460,988 ac
Lee Co Required Reduction = 152,493 lbs/yr
TN
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Total Credit = 53,701 lbs/yr TN
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Total Initial Project Costs = $181,310,215.60
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Estimated Dollar Value of Credit = $32,220,600
Hendry Creek –Lakes Park Filter Marsh
Drainage Basin: 1,742 ac
Treatment area: 73 acres
BMAP Credit: 4,533 lbs/yr
Cost: $3,500,000
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Public outreach now, explore new funding later…
◦ Fertilizer ordinance compliance & enforcement.
◦ Continue publicizing FYN and other DIY programs that
appeal to homeowners.
◦ Pilot projects to improve WQ in residential stormwater
ponds.
◦ Develop public education programs with the City of
Bonita Springs, CHNEP and other partners.
◦ Engage property managers (golf courses and HOAs) to
implement more pollution prevention practices.
◦ Continue identifying pollution sources and manage
through education, incentives, disincentives, etc
BMAP Credit (Caloosahatchee & EWC): 22,431
Cost: $250,000 (ongoing)
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New/ongoing activities
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Evaluate & retrofit older neighborhood SW systems
Neighborhood awareness & partnering
Identify critical areas and issues
Prioritize new watershed scale projects for next 5-10 years
What’s on the horizon
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Low Impact Development Standards
Pet waste ordinance
Evaluate & control feral animals
Septic system management
Sewer expansion
PROJECT NAME
TYPE OF BMP
CREW Conservation
Purchase
Pine Lake Preserve
ACRES TREATED
ESTIMATED COST
15 $
STATUS
PROJECT TN
REDUCTION (lbs/yr)
201,500.00
Completed
0
Purchase
129 $ 2,366,273.00
Completed
1
Street Sweeping Street
Sweeping
113 $
Ongoing
7
Imperial Marsh
Conservation
Purchase/Hydrologic
Restoration
477 $ 13,352,270.00
Education/Fertilizer
Ordinances
26113 $
7,750.00/yr
200,000.00
Completed
Ongoing
1440
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NPDES Permit Coordination – Lee County is the
primary permittee. CBS has an interlocal
agreement w/ Lee Co as a co-permittee.
WETPLAN – Watershed Education Training, Ponds
Lakes & Neighborhoods.
◦ Partners: City of Bonita Springs, Lee County, CHNEP, CRA
Inc., FNPS, FGCU.
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Citizen’s Stormwater Academy – Non-point source
pollution education for all neighborhoods.
◦ Partners: Lee County, CHNEP, NPDES Co-permittees, all
are welcome to join in the fun!
Pine Lakes Preserve, Imperial River
Watershed