 ST. LUCIE RIVER ISSUES TEAM PROJECTS Palm Beach Post -- Thursday, June 28, 2001 The St. Lucie River Issues Team ranked 10 projects to receive a share of $2 million in state money to clean up local waterways. Sponsoring agencies must provide at least a 50 percent match to team money. These are the projects and the amount provided by the team: 1 -- Remove exotic plants and sediment from Frazier Creek. Sponsor: Stuart Amount: $300,000 2 -- Build a small storm-water treatment area and other structures in the Golden Gate area. Sponsor: Martin County Amount: $313,500 3 -- Install baffle boxes in the River Park neighborhood. Sponsor: St. Lucie County Amount: $88,077 4 (tie) -- Build a small storm-water retention and treatment area in the Rio Vista neighborhood. Sponsor: Sewall's Point Amount: $94,500 4 (tie) -- Renovate a small canal in White City. Sponsor: St. Lucie County Amount: $120,000 5 -- Build a small storm-water treatment area and other structures in the Palm Lake Park neighborhood. Sponsor: Martin County Amount: $280,000 6 (tie) -- Study fish health problems as an indicator of water quality in the St. Lucie River. Sponsor: National Marine Fisheries Service Amount: $125,000 6 (tie) -- Study environmental toxicity in the river and Indian River Lagoon. Sponsor: National Ocean Service Amount: $190,000 7 -- Build a 12-acre storm-water treatment area in the Fern Creek neighborhood. Sponsor: Martin County Amount: $300,000 8 -- Convert citrus fields from flood irrigation to micro-jet irrigation. Sponsor: Natural Resources Conservation Service Amount: $188,923 The issues team also selected 11 research-oriented projects - without ranking them - to receive shares of a $2 million federal grant: Study uses for muck removed from the St. Lucie River. Sponsor: University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Amount: $72,986 Study runoff from citrus groves and vegetable fields. Sponsor: UF/IFAS Amount: $99,704 Develop water table management practices for citrus groves. Sponsor: UF/IFAS Amount: $75,600 Study runoff from pasture land, golf courses and urban surfaces. Sponsor: UF/IFAS Amount: $138,915 Study of oyster health in the river. Sponsor: South Florida Water Management District Amount: $91,000 Develop a computer model of water quality in the river. Sponsor: SFWMD Amount: $80,000 Stabilize banks of the C-24 Canal in St. Lucie County. Sponsor: SFWMD Amount: $138,000 Construction of a 500-acre reservoir at Ten Mile Creek. Sponsor: SFWMD Amount: $428,060 Convert Moore's Creek drainage canal into a retention canal. Sponsor: Fort Pierce Amount: $460,000 Build a small storm-water treatment area on Poppleton Creek. Sponsor: Stuart Amount: $400,000 Purchase a pump for an impoundment area restoration. Sponsor: St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District Amount: $15,735 Copyright (c) 2001, The Palm Beach Post |