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