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Sarasota BayUpgrade Wastewater Treatment Plants
Category: Submerged, Intertidal, Wetland, and Upland Cost: $100,000,000 Description: Wastewater treatment plants would be upgraded within the Sarasota Bay region to include advanced waste treatment capabilities with re-use systems in an effort to reduce pollution and nitrogen loads. The increased level of wastewater treatment would produce water that could be used as reclaimed water for golf courses and agricultural uses. The goal is to reduce the amount of wastewater the ultimately ends up in the bay. Outcome: Upgrading the wastewater treatment plants within the Sarasota Bay region produced a 35 percent reduction in nitrogen loading (project #16). Contact: Mark Alderson, Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program, (941) 359-5841, sbnep@gte.net Citation: "State of the Bay 2000." |