| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2273 | |||||||||
| Everglades Clean Water Initiative | |||||||||
| Requester: | Henry Dean | Organization: | South Florida Water Management District | ||||||
| Project Title: | Everglades Clean Water Initiative | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 11:27:35 AM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Allen | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| This project is regional in scope, is intended to meet a documented need of statewide interest, is intended to produce a measurable result and has tangible community support. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | South Florida Water Management District | Contact: | Frank Bernardino | ||||||
| 3301 Gun Club Road | Contact Phone: | (561) 718-2345 | |||||||
| West Palm Beach 334164682 | |||||||||
| Counties: | Palm Beach | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| A critical component of the restoration of the Everglades is the elimination of pollution sources. This initiative promotes the implementation of activities which eliminate or reduce pollutants being discharged from urban and agricultural areas into the Everglades Protection Area. Specifically, this proposal includes three principal water quality improvement features-physical enhancements to six stormwater treatment areas;implementation of pollution source controls in urban basins in the Lower East Coast that are not currently served by STA; Investigations of measures to improve water quality entering the Everglades and means to accelerate the recovery of areas already impacted. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | Yes | ||||||||
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? | Yes | ||||||||
| DEP Identfying Number: | SWR20022141 | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| The Everglades ecosystem has been adversly impacted by increasing nutrient levels over the last 50 years. This project will significantly reduce the phosphorus levels entering the Everglades by treating over 1,000,000 acre feet per year of stormwater and other sources. It is estimated that approximately 40,000 kilograms per year of phosphorus through biological uptake within the STAs. In addition, the project will evaulate ways to accelerate the recovery of the areas that are already impacted. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $18,267,000 | ||||||||
| Identify item(s) in the FY 2003-04 Appropriations Bill to be reduced: | |||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $145,000,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | In-kind Amount | $500,000 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $126,733,000 | To Fund: | Construction | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | 1994 Everglades Forever Act | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Unknown | ||||||||