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Marine Resources Council urges low-impact practices to protect Indian River Lagoon
Summary
The Marine Resources Council presented a Low Impact Living program to the Titusville City Council on May 27, outlining landscaping and green stormwater infrastructure to reduce nutrient runoff into the Indian River Lagoon and offering municipal and homeowner resources and a regional conference in October.
The Titusville City Council on May 27 received a presentation from the Marine Resources Council (MRC) on a “Low Impact Living” initiative intended to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into the Indian River Lagoon.
The presentation, given by Laura Wilson, executive director of the Marine Resources Council, outlined how runoff and freshwater inflows harm seagrass, oysters and other lagoon resources and described four program pillars—educate, empower, advocate and demonstrate—aimed at homeowners, HOAs, municipalities and developers.
MRC emphasized the land-based origins of the lagoon’s largest pollutant loads and urged local adoption of green stormwater infrastructure to “capture water where it lands” and keep nutrient-rich runoff out of pipes that discharge to the lagoon. Wilson said the council’s…
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