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CP <br />iLt71wIDASTREASURECGkSTANDACHES <br />1101161.411 <br />Printr3r- i o-nd!y s o y <br />Read more at tcpa!m_com <br />Investigation: Move over fertilizer; septic tank <br />drainage also contaminating Indian River Lagoon <br />Study found nutrient levels in Indian River Lagoon as high as Boston <br />Harbor's when raw sewage was dumped there <br />By Scott Wyland <br />Sunday, August 11, 2013 <br />16- <br />c <br />o 12~ <br />Ez g <br />0 <br />c <br />0 <br />0 <br />4~ <br />tfla <br />DISSOLVED INORGANIC!NITROG€N <br />It represents ammonium.and nitrate, --which feed <br />algal blooms 'tithe lagoon,. <br />Dry season <br />2011 <br />Wet season <br />2011 <br />Wet season <br />2012 <br />Mosquito Banana North 4Centrai South <br />Lagoon River Indian River Indian River Indian River <br />Lagoon Lagoon Lagoon Lagoon <br />• Central lagoon includes Indian Ri}er County and Northern Stucie County <br />PHOTO BY JIM URICK <br />This chart shows the dissolved inorganic nitrogen levels between 2011 and <br />2012 in the Indian River Lagoon. Dissolved inorganic nitrogen feeds algae <br />blooms in the lagoon. <br />An angler launches a boat from his Sebastian waterfront home and zooms across the <br />Indian River Lagoon to where his favorite sea grass bed was once teeming with fish he <br />could almost grab with his bare hands. - <br />But the sea grass and fish are gone. Clumps of algae now mottle the sandy bottom in <br />the nearly barren, tea -colored water. <br />