| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environmental Impacts of Desalinization Effluents | ||||||||||||||||
| Requester: | Shirley A. Pomponi, Ph.D., President and CEO | Organization: | Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. | |||||||||||||
| Project Title: | Environmental Impacts of Desalinization Effluents | Date Submitted | 1/11/2006 6:10:33 PM | |||||||||||||
| Sponsors: | Allen | |||||||||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | ||||||||||||||||
| This project addresses the environmental impacts of desalinisation effluents for an ocean-based water system for the entire Central Florida region. It will propose solutions to those impacts before construction. | ||||||||||||||||
| Recipient: | Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., & Ned Smith, Ph.D. | Contact: | Mr. Jan Petri | |||||||||||||
| 5600 North U.S. 1 | Contact Phone: | (772) 465-2400 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Pierce 34946 | Contact email: | petri@hboi.edu | ||||||||||||||
| Counties: | Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Seminole | |||||||||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Project Description: | ||||||||||||||||
| Determine the potential enviromental impacts of dumpting brine effluent into the ocean from a planned desalinisation plant in the Cocoa/Cape Canaveral/Cocoa Beach/Patrick Air Force Base area. Also includes determining outlining solutions to any impacts. | ||||||||||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost effective brine disposal without significant coastal environmental impacts | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $400,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $400,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | |||||||||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | None | |||||||||||||||
| Cash Amount | $ | |||||||||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | |||||||||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | No | |||||||||||||||
| 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? | No | |||||||||||||||
| 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.)? | No | |||||||||||||||
| If you are requesting funding for a stormwater or surface water restoration project: | ||||||||||||||||
| Which Water Management District has the jurisdiction of your project? | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||