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CarriprehensNc PIari Starmwaicr Mariaigeimerit Sub -F] emeint Reiclassificiation of Sui facaei Wlatei s In 2QCISI,1hle Hllcarida Dcipartmeirnl oflEnv:ircanmontal Arotecition (DEP) bagan a comprehonsivo reviow of the sllato's surface water classifiiciatiicin system. Adoptcid morci Than N ycaars agca, that system caassif cis surf�icie water bodies acccardingl Ica a smile of five designated uses. Those dos:ignatod uses, or c:laasses, ane as follows: CLASS II Bal able Watar Supplies CLASS 11 Shollfashl Aropagation or Harvesting CLASS IlI Meorciation, Hrcapagatican and Mainianance of a Haalthy, Wall -Bal anccid Hopulation cif lHish and WiIdlif0 CLASS IV Agricultural Water Suppl:ias CLASS V I�avigatian, Utility and Industrial Usci A s a result cif lthat roview, thea DEH proposcid a naw surface water cilass:ificiation system. 'Mlat system is bascid on racam advances in soiencea and tcichnlology, with an emphasis on protcacit:ing public haalth and aquatio l:ifi:a. Amccardingl to that systcam, surf acie waler I od:icis are classificid amccarding to 11 new surface watar categories. Sincie the new surfama avatar classification system is still undar revicaw, thle ccaunq shoulc micanitor thea proglrcass of public meellings and nilerr.aking procecacingls rcagarding those changas. Iflnaw surfama water classifical ions are adoptc id, lha county should fallow suit and adapt those caassifrcations inio its LIDRIs. R(iduicin g thea Quantity cafl Stormwaateir Flowir g in 11 ca thea Lagoon In iha past, excassive discharges oflfrashwator into iho Indian Rlvar Llagoon had an advarso impact on 1ha Lagoon's salin:iq. Thrloughl c ivarsion of (scam a runaffl:inta watar bodias or wollands Haat allow slcarrrwatear filtrat:ican into the surfrcial aquif6r, iho amacauni of stormwatar runofflthat flaws :into the Indian Rlvar Lagoon can bca redwicad. To raduce the volume of stormwatar flawing in to the lagoon, the Cit)j cif Sebastian. in ccaard:ination with tho SM)MMDI, rocentlly developed lhlo Sabastian Stcarrr avatar Park. Covering :I 6E acres, thal park li ihiaes pumps i1 ca divertwater from the Collier Canal into the park's sysi am of intermonniected ponds and wetlands. In addition to rcamoving polaul ants from sllcarrrwatear runoffs thlosa pcands and wetlands also racharge Thea grourcwator aquiftar. Stormwater parkls such as Haat not cantly, irrprovca watcar quality, but also provic a passive reorcaation oppariuniities for locial residents. In tha uninccarporalad partions of the county, similar parks ccauld ba conslrcictac at locaticans adjaccant to canaas. Aotential sites include the Oslo transfOr station adjamant to the South RkiliciflCaraal and:land along lhca north) sada of 1ha North) RalieflCanal in the vicinity oflBent Hinci. Al both locations, watar Community Develapmeril Dejlarlmeril Iridiari River Cauirity 33