| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lake Wauberg Restoration | ||||||||||||||||
| Requester: | University of Florida | Organization: | University of Florida | |||||||||||||
| Project Title: | Lake Wauberg Restoration | Date Submitted | 1/13/2006 9:45:09 AM | |||||||||||||
| Sponsors: | Cretul, Jennings, Kendrick, Stansel | |||||||||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | ||||||||||||||||
| This project is regional in scope, is intended to meet a documented need, will produce a measurable result and has tangible community support. | ||||||||||||||||
| Recipient: | University of Florida | Contact: | Joseph C. Joyce | |||||||||||||
| 1008 McCarty Hall | Contact Phone: | (352) 392-1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Gainesville 32611 | Contact email: | jcj@mail.ifas.ufl.edu | ||||||||||||||
| Counties: | Alachua | |||||||||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Yes | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | ||||||||||||||
| Project Description: | ||||||||||||||||
| Lake Wauberg has experienced a decline in water quality which could pose a risk to human health and safety and loss of recreational value as a result of excess nutrients. This impairment is consistent with hundreds of nutrient impaired urban lakes in Florida. To restore Lake Wauberg and allow for continued recreational use the University of Florida seeks to employ an algal turf scrubbing system to remove nutrients from the lake and restore water quality and recreational benefits. | ||||||||||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | ||||||||||||||||
| Improved lake water quality. | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $1,700,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $1,900,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Construction | |||||||||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | |||||||||||||||
| Cash Amount | $1,700,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $2,000,000 | To Fund: | Construction | |||||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Documentation: | FL Total Maximum Daily Load Program, A Report to the Legislature & Gov (05); Draft Basin Mgmt Plan | |||||||||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Has the project been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is this project eligible under section 403.885(5) F.S.? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Is your project addressed in a state, regional or local plan (such as a SWIM plan, Comprehensive Plan, local master plan, etc.)? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Name the plan and cite the pages on which the project is described: | ||||||||||||||||
| Florida's Total Maximum Daily Load Program, The First 5 Years, A Report to the Legislature and Governor (2005), Draft Basin Management Action Plan, Orange Creek Basin (2006) | ||||||||||||||||
| If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project: | ||||||||||||||||
| Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project? | ||||||||||||||||
| St. Johns River Water Management District | ||||||||||||||||
| Have you provided at least 50% match? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Match Amount: | 1700000 | |||||||||||||||
| Match Source: | UF/SJRWMD | |||||||||||||||
| Will this project reduce pollutant loadings to a water management district designated 'priority' surface water body? | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Name of water body: | Lake Wauberg | |||||||||||||||
| Describe how it will reduce loadings, identify anticipated load reductions for total suspended solids, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and other contaminants, and specify the practices that will be used to reduce loadings: | ||||||||||||||||
| The proposed algal turf scrubbing system, with a treatment capacity in excess of 5 million gallons per day, will reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loads and stores by an estimated 2,000 and 350 lbs per year, respectively, thereby reducing in-lake nutrient concentrations and improving water quality. | ||||||||||||||||
| If you are requesting funding for a wastewater project: | ||||||||||||||||
| Does your project qualify for funding from DEP's 'Small Community Wastewater Treatment Grant Program' under section 403.1838 F.S.? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Other wastewater projects: | ||||||||||||||||
| Have you received previous legislative funding for this project? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is the project under construction? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Have you provided at least a 25% local match? | No | |||||||||||||||