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`Muck' mess threatens lagoon's marine life I Melbourne Beachsider I Vero News Page 2 of 2 <br />For each category the plan identifies stressors that have a negative impact, and recommendations to <br />remedy the problem. <br />"The simplest way to help is for people to pick up after themselves," Veatch said. "Leaves. Debris. <br />Garbage. It all leads to standing water. We're trying to keep our community free of debris." <br />In addition to awareness spreading about lagoon -friendly practices, there are at least 42 separate <br />projects meant to help clean up the lagoon. <br />To do the work, the Brevard Board of County Commissioners approved $25.87 million from a special <br />half -cent increase in the sales tax:: Completing_a'll`42,:projecfs will; cost? $68:77 million <br />Within Brevard."altine projectLLs; includei7riu&k 6rrioval,_,upgrades to waste water treatment plants, <br />upgrades from septic systems to sewers, and storm water projects. In addition, the work is expected to <br />reduce nitrogen in the lagoon by nearly 97,000 pounds annually, and phosphorous would be reduced by <br />more than 10,000 pounds a year. <br />Meanwhile, Michigan-based Greenfield Resources launched a pilot program in Indian River County in <br />July to show that it could remove pollutants from water entering the Indian River Lagoon by shocking it <br />FF.:_.._. with electricity. <br />Greenfield tested raw water in Vero's Main Relief Canal for 10 different contaminants, then treated it, <br />then tested again. <br />In all 10 samples, the level of contaminants was reportedly reduced. In three of those samples the <br />contaminants (aluminum, boron and nitrites) were no longer detectable. In others, the reductions ranged <br />as high as 67 percent and as low as less than 20 percent. <br />http://veronews.com/2018/01/04/muck-mess-threatens-lagoons-marine-life/ 1/4/2018 <br />