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City accepts state grants for Lake Bonnet innovation project and East Bay Street stormwater retrofit
Summary
The Commission authorized staff to accept a $2.2 million FDEP innovation grant for a Blue Cycle Technologies sediment treatment pilot at Lake Bonnet and a $550,000 State Water Quality Assistance Grant to retrofit a detention pond on East Bay Street to reduce nutrients to Lake Parker.
The City Commission approved two state grants on Tuesday to address nutrient pollution in area lakes.
Staff said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded the city a $2.2 million innovation technology grant for a demonstration project at Lake Bonnet. The project would use Blue Cycle Technologies’ proprietary sediment dredging and encapsulation method to remove clean sand and stabilize legacy nutrient‑rich sediments to prevent future releases; FDEP will reimburse the city the full $2.2 million upon completion of the project. Staff said Blue Cycle…
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