New filter marsh to improve Caloosahatchee, SCCF reports

O n F e b 1 5 , t h e S a n i b e l - C a p t i v a Conservation Foundation celebrated the g r o u n d b r e a k i n g f o r p h a s e I I o f t h e

Caloosahatchee River Estuary Storage and Treatment (CREST) project

The SCCF reported that when finished, the project will use a filter marsh to treat water from the Hendry Canal in Lehigh Acres before it is transported to the Caloosahatchee, removing an expected 1,622 pounds per year (79%) of total nitrogen and 169 pounds per year (76%) of total phosphorus

Phase III of the CREST project will utilize the rest of the 104 5-acre parcel for storage to hold water before it can be t r e a t e d a n d t r a n s p o r t e d i n t o t h e

Caloosahatchee

“Projects like CREST demonstrate the momentum we have right now to improve r e g i o n a l w a t e r q u a l i t y , ” S C C F E n v i r o n m e n t a l P o l i c y D i r e c t o r M a t t DePaolis said. “People sometimes think of fixing our water quality as a matter of finishing one large project, but the reality is that it will take incremental growth through myriad projects like this, all contributing to the larger goal of cleaning the Caloosahatchee ”

CREST is being carried out by the L e h i g h A c r e s M u n i c i p a l S e r v i c e s Improvement District, which hopes to break ground on phase III by the end of 2023 tions will be posed in a balanced way. They will be a combination of ones moderated by Green and questions taken from the in-person audience

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