karen bickford, tmdl coordinator [email protected]
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Lee County’s Basin Management Action Plans –
The 1st Five YearsKaren Bickford, TMDL Coordinator
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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
Forward
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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
Best Management Practices in General
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Lee Co BMAP Statistics Total BMAP Acres = 460,988 ac
Lee Co Required Reduction = 152,493 lbs/yr TN
Total Credit = 53,701 lbs/yr TN
Total Initial Project Costs = $181,310,215.60
Estimated Dollar Value of Credit = $32,220,600
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Watershed Scale Projects
Hendry Creek –Lakes Park Filter MarshDrainage Basin: 1,742 acTreatment area: 73 acresBMAP Credit: 4,533 lbs/yrCost: $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
Low Cost Opportunities
BMAP Credit (Caloosahatchee & EWC): 22,431Cost: $250,000 (ongoing)
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New/ongoing activities 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 Low Impact Development Standards Pet waste ordinance Evaluate & control feral animals Septic system management Sewer expansion
Next Steps
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PROJECT NAME TYPE OF BMP ACRES TREATED ESTIMATED COST STATUS PROJECT TN REDUCTION (lbs/yr)
CREW Conservation Purchase 15 $ 201,500.00 Completed 0
Pine Lake Preserve Purchase 129 $ 2,366,273.00 Completed 1
Street Sweeping Street Sweeping 113 $ 7,750.00/yr Ongoing 7
Imperial Marsh Conservation
Purchase/Hydrologic Restoration 477 $ 13,352,270.00 Completed 1440
Education/Fertilizer Ordinances 26113 $ 200,000.00 Ongoing 6
Lee County BMAP Projects in the Imperial River Watershed…
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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.
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!
New Projects, New Partnerships…
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Questions?
Pine Lakes Preserve, Imperial River Watershed