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Sarasota Bay

Implement Regional Re-Use Systems

Category:  Submerged, Intertidal, Wetland, and Upland

Cost:  + $28 million

Description:  The project goal was to reduce wastewater discharge into the bay to help reduce nitrogen loading and pollution.

Outcome:  By implementing the regional re-use systems, the nitrogen load was reduced by 10 percent (projects #35, #36, and #37.

Contact:  Mark Alderson, Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program, (941) 359-5841, sbnep@gte.net 

Citation:  "State of the Bay 2000."