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Activity 3.3
Activity 3.2
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Reduce
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Central Wastewater
- 1.1 Prioritize upgrades of Sarasota County Government’s wastewater treatment plants to advanced wastewater treatment
- 1.2 Understand and manage nutrient loads to areas irrigated with non-advanced wastewater
- 1.3 Invest in infrastructure to minimize wastewater spills, emergency releases, and overflows
- 1.4 Improve FDEP public reporting of wastewater discharges
- 1.5 Deliver targeted education and incentives to the public to reduce sewage spills and overflows
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Septic Systems
- 2.1 Quantify annual nutrient loads from septic systems
- 2.2 Convert or upgrade underperforming or failing septic systems in priority areas
- 2.3 Construct denitrification barriers in priority areas where septic system upgrades or conversions to central sewer are unlikely
- 2.4 Require periodic inspection and maintenance of septic systems and develop incentive programs to facilitate compliance
- 2.5 Deliver targeted education and incentives to improve operation and maintenance of septic systems and encourage upgrades for enhanced nutrient treatment
- 3 Biosolids
- 4 Fertilizer
- 5 Atmospheric Deposition
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Central Wastewater
- Remove
- Sustain
- Progress & Resources
