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Lee County approves backflow preventers and culvert work for industrial area along 10 Mile Canal
Summary
Lee County commissioners approved a project to install backflow check valves, headwalls and associated culverts in an industrial park that drains to 10 Mile Canal and directed staff to complete a Johnson engineering study and return with a broader plan for 10 Mile Canal improvements and federal funding options.
Lee County commissioners unanimously approved a stormwater project on Jan. 21 to install in-line backflow preventers, associated headwalls and three culverts to reduce chronic flooding inside an industrial park that drains to 10 Mile Canal.
The installation, presented by Roland Ottolini of the county Natural Resources division, is intended to stop high water in 10 Mile Canal from flowing back into local businesses’ storm systems and to restore positive drainage when canal levels fall. "What these backflow preventers do is they're actually in line check valves...when the 10 mile canal goes up, it prevents the water actually being going into the system," Ottolini said.
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