According to a recent study, Hudson Bayou is getting more and more polluted day by day. The main reason behind it, being that the rainwater from the 12 acre drainage system gets directly into the bayou. The water comes from single pipe to Alderman Street. The bayou has had a bad history of getting polluted, especially after a rainfall. The county is now taking steps for the betterment of the bayou. It is planning to install more filters to extract pollutants from the water.
It is assumed that the project will cost around $1.1 million. The South West Florida Management will be funding the installation of an underground “baffle box,” or screens to pull in pollutants before they get in to bayou. The filters will help catch up sediments. Nitrogen and phosphorus stick on to these sediment particles. Also these pipes with large diameters will prevent the chances of Burns Square flooding again and again. Due to these filters the nutrient runoff can decrease by 20 percent to 30 percent.
The funding cost of South West Florida Management will be around $130,000. The construction will start in April and would continue for six months. Construction will definitely affect the traffic; therefore the authorities are planning for construction work to take place at night.
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