In less than three months, DeBary must show the state how it plans on cleaning up Gemini Springs where an excessive nitrogen load has been attributed to septic systems and urban turfgrass fertilizer.
And those plans, once established, could take 20 years and more than $50 million to finish, City Manager Carmen Rosamonda said. It s another mandate and burden that s put on local governments without any funding, Rosamonda said by phone Friday.
For that reason, he believes the state should cover the cost of removing the 2,000-plus septic tanks in the Gemini Springs priority focus area, which the Department of Environmental Protection defines as vulnerable areas where pollution sources pose the highest risk due to proximity to a spring and permeable [sandy] soil conditions.
Wakulla residents weigh in on proposed Wetlands Treatment Plant to help with wastewater problem
The community is pushing back on a plan to increase wastewater capacity in Wakulla County.
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WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) â The community is pushing back on a plan to increase wastewater capacity in Wakulla County.
Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night questioning leaders about an Aquifer Recharge Project.
The people of Wakulla, all agreeing on the need for a waster water solution but they aren t happy about a plan the county is presenting. I understand this county has a problem with wastewater. Nitrates and phosphates that come out of that are dangerous to people s health, said Glenn Broga.
Thanks to a grant from the St. Johns River Water Management District, the City of Oak Hill is closer converting a large number of residents septic systems city sewer.
The effort should lead to a cleaner Indian River Lagoon system. But some residents are still concerned that the project will individually cost them more than they can afford.
Gov. Ron DeSantis appropriated $25 million to the water management district for the Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Grant for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. That in turn made smaller grants for septic to sewage projects available, enabling the water district to award the $2.5 million grant to Oak Hill.