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Committee members urge workshop and certification to curb nutrients in Venetian Bay
Summary
Committee members pressed for more frequent water-quality reporting and proposed a workshop and landscaper certification program after staff said Venetian Bay is impaired for nutrients; staff described current testing protocols, annual costs (~$22,000), limits on pesticide regulation and past successful BMP/landscaper training programs.
Committee member Cindy and others told the Mornings Bay Citizens Advisory Committee on Jan. 22 that nutrient levels in Venetian Bay are rising and that the committee should consider a workshop or a landscaper-certification program to reduce runoff from lawns and landscape spraying.
"Every year, we're increasing in these pollutants," Cindy said, urging more frequent reporting than the current five-year synthesized trend and proposing a workshop that would…
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