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Public Education For the public education effort, the SJRWMD Indian River Lagoon (IRL) Program and the Indian River County Cooperative Extension Service will provide the public, including the citrus growers and the urban residents of IRFWCD, with information about the project. Tours and demonstrations of site operations will be conducted monthly for other local governments interested in this land space saving technique. The IRL Program will publish project updates in the quarterly newsletter, and will inform other residents within the Indian River Lagoon watershed about the use of aquatic plant systems . The Cooperative Extension Service will work within Indian River County to provide information on the treatment system to the growers, but also to provide information to the urban residents regarding the applicability of this BMP as well as other agricultural BMPs (low-volume irrigation, reduced fertilization, etc .) in the urban setting. The Cooperative Extension Service will sponsor field trips to the site, and will include project updates in their multi-county newsletter. This project will be incorporated into the County ' s NPDES stormwater education program. In summary, the tasks that are required to accomplish the construction of this treatment facility include : • Collect land surveying information (Completed prior to execution of this Agreement) , • Prepare a Preliminary Engineering Report (Completed prior to execution of this Agreement), • Perform a pilot study at the site with an ATS to develop final design data, • Perform final design and layout of the treatment facility, • Permit the system through the SJRWMD Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) process, • Construct the facilities, • Monitor treatment efficiencies of each process during operation, • Monitor the overall treatment efficiency during operation, • Develop the public education element, including focusing on the IRFWCD , • Determine harvesting and compost requirements, • Develop operating and maintenance requirements and costs for the facility, • Assess the suitability of the BMPs for use in other agricultural basins, and • Prepare quarterly progress reports, a draft final report and a final report. SPECIFIC OUTPUTS/DELIVERABLES0 1 . Construction plans, specifications, bidding, and construction documents for a full-scale managed aquatic plant based stormwater treatment, 2 . Approved permit documents for the treatment system, 3 . Constructed managed aquatic plant treatment system, 4 . Operation and maintenance data, 5 . Assessment of BMP applicability for other stormwater treatment situations , 6 . Quarterly progress reports, 7 . Draft project report, 8 . Five copies of a comprehensive final project report, 9 . PowerPoint presentation of BMP construction and operation, and 10 . Public education program. PROJECT MILESTONES : Description Start Complete Prepare and submit final Water Quality Monitoring Plan and QAPP Month 1 Month 3 Finalize system design Month 1 Month 9 Analyze existing data/monitor pre-construction conditions Month 3 Month 12 Submit and obtain SJRWMD ERP approval Month 3 Month 9 Conduct public bidding process for construction Month 9 Month 11 Construct treatment system Month 12 Month 18 Operate system, monitor inputs and outputs Month 19 Month 43 Analyze data, prepare and submit draft report Month 19 Month 43 Prepare and submit final report/final invoice Month 43 Month 47 Conduct public education program Month 16 Month 47 Submit Progress Reports/Invoices Quarterly DEP Agreement No. G0143, Attachment A, Page 8 of 9