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Melbourne council approves baffle‑box designs, new pipe inspections and contracts for stormwater projects
Summary
The City Council approved multiple design task orders and a pipe inspection work order as part of an expanded program to install baffle boxes to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus entering Crane Creek and the lagoon. Staff warned of future maintenance needs and equipment costs.
Council members on Feb. 10 approved several engineering task orders and a pipe‑inspection work order tied to the city’s expanding baffle‑box stormwater program. The actions fund design work, pre‑resurfacing inspections and contractor services intended to limit nutrient pollution from stormwater before it reaches Crane Creek and the lagoon.
Assistant city engineer Danny Straub told the council the city’s newer baffle boxes use a bioactivated media that removes an estimated roughly 60% of nitrogen from the water column compared with about 19% for older designs. Straub outlined…
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