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Charlotte and Lee counties outline coordinated push on water quality as state rules approach
Summary
County staff from Charlotte and Lee briefed commissioners on monitoring, restoration and regulatory impacts — including state stormwater rules due Dec. 2025 — and urged regional cooperation while warning of high retrofit costs for private development.
County and staff leaders from Charlotte and Lee Counties used a joint meeting on [date not specified] to map overlapping water‑quality programs, warn of new state stormwater standards and ask elected officials for continued regional advocacy and funding support.
Brandon Moody, Charlotte County’s water quality and resiliency manager, described a newly formed monitoring program and a county effort he called the One Charlotte, One Water plan to draw together work that previously lived across utilities, public works, community services and planning. "As you have just heard, when we talk about economy and quality of life down here, invariably water quality gets into the conversation," Moody said, framing monitoring and targeted projects as essential to protect fisheries, tourism and the tax base.
Lee County’s Roland Dottalini framed his county’s work as…
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