Save Our Indian River Lagoon 2019
As of December 2019, the SOIRL Trust Fund has collected 123.8 million dollars. The Trust Fund has spent 9.5 million dollars of a projected 486 million dollars over 10 years.
There are currently 64 ongoing projects and 18 completed projects out of 191 planned projects. The SOIRL Story Map displays an interactive view of the plan's completed and ongoing projects.
Current Nitrogen Removed or Prevented totals 16,862 pounds of a projected total of 800,000 pounds over 10 years. Current Phosphorous Removed or Prevented totals 1,220 pounds of a projected total of 100,000 pounds over 10 years.
View the current SOIRL Progress Dashboard.
2019 Save Our Indian River Lagoon Plan
Excerpt about 2019 plan updates from the SOIRL website:
Each year, Brevard County updates the Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan to respond to new scientific information, technologies, project opportunities and needs of the Indian River Lagoon. As part of this process, municipalities and other community partners may submit funding requests for projects that can accelerate and/or increase restoration efforts at a comparable cost to the projects listed in the plan. On January 18, 2019, the Citizen Oversight Committee recommended a plan update with 23 new project proposals and reprioritization of wastewater, septic and muck removal projects. The proposed 2019 Update reapportions funds between project types, most notably a $30 million increase for human waste-related projects, a $27 million increase in stormwater projects, and a $37 million decrease in muck removal projects offset by a $21 million increase to provide interstitial water treatment for all dredging projects. The initial 2019 Plan Update was presented to the Board of County Commissioners on February 12, 2019, for their consideration of approval. A Revised Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan 2019 Update[1] was approved by the County Commission during their regular evening meeting on April 9th.[2] View the SOIRL 2019 Project Plan.
2019 Save Our Indian River Lagoon Program Financial Report
Web Links
- Save Our Indian River Lagoon
- SOIRL Citizen Oversight Committee
- SOIRL Progress Dashboard
- SOIRL Project Story Map
References
- ↑ SOIRL Project Plan 2019
- ↑ Save Our Indian River Lagoon Website, retrieved:01/01/2020
