-- Officials are becoming increasingly concerned about Orlando septic maintenance and how it’s being carried out by those in the region. Although there are other factors involved, inefficient and unmaintained systems are overloading the soil and contributing to a major algae problem in the Indian River Lagoon. This has had a devastating effect on wildlife, contributing to deaths of countless animals that have made the Treasure Coast home.
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The current issue mainly involves those south of Orange County, though Florida’s waterways and soil could easily bring the problem closer to home. Just weeks ago, Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in Lee, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties due to the algae blooms overtaking the Indian River Lagoon, a 156-mile area that’s normally known for breathtaking views.
“Septic tank runoff is a major contributor to the pollution in these water bodies and I look forward to working with the Legislature to fund efforts to curb it,” the governor said. His plan is to create a government budget to help residents make the switch to city sewers.
Brian Lapointe, a scientist at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, explains that it’s the excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus making it into the water that are causing the blooms. “We have two major problems,” Lapointe says. “That discharge from the lake bringing a lot of fresh water into the system and then all the septic tanks that are also draining into the system with fecal coliform bacteria.” The two issues are like a “perfect storm,” which have killed off half of the seagrass in the area over the past five years and was recently responsible for the deaths of millions of fish.
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“Every day, millions of gallons of water continue to be discharged into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” Governor Scott admits. However, he adds that the failing Herbert Hoover Dike, which is to blame, is federally-operated and is, therefore, the federal government’s duty to fix. A study by the Everglades Foundation seems to concur that residential systems are not the largest problem. Their research shows that agricultural lands south of Lake Okeechobee account for 76-percent of the phosphorus in the Everglades.
Properly functioning septic systems are indeed safe for the environment. However, sources indicate that as the area had a rapid population boom years ago, the developers did not always account for the soil or the high water table in some areas. Proper engineering would have negated many of the issues the Treasure Coast is facing, but there is also an ongoing issue of residents no longer having their systems pumped and inspected, now that the laws have relaxed. Between issues with the dike, agricultural runoff, and problematic residential systems, the local ecosystem is struggling.
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