Algae Emergency

August 23, 2018 - Update

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Emergency Management

Coordination and Communication

Cape Coral Emergency

Activation

includes Lee County

Operations Center - Level 3

Governor Scott’s Executive Order 18-191, Emergency Declaration

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What Has Been Done

County waterways.

August 2, 2018: Lee County is awarded $700,000 grant funding by the FDEP to combat and remove algae.

Three test sites for this project were identified within Cape Coral:

Near the Clipper Bay condominiums

North of the Cape Coral Bridge

East of Del Prado Blvd

As of August 20, 2018 all FDEP grant funds have been exhausted in an effort to clean up Lee

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Current Complaints

Application between September 7, 2018 and October 12, 2018

Amount: $1,000 - $50,000 available to small business owners

Term: up to 180 days

Interest: Interest will accrue at 18% annually. If repaid before maturity, interest will be forgiven

Small Business Administration

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August 20, 2018: Governor Scott requested the U.S. Small Business Administration to issue an Economic Injury Disaster Declaration for Lee and Martin Counties The declaration will provide small businesses with low-interest

loans

Planned Action

5 Test areas

Complete Booming and Treatment

Partial Booming

Bubble Curtain

Cabot Canal

Coral Point Canal

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Treatment

Ecological Laboratories Inc, a Cape Coral based Biotechnology Fermentation Company

Non-chemical, biological treatment and restoration Water both inside and outside the treatment zone be tested for: intestinal

pathogens, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, and the ecosystems biological activity (count), with review of spore and vegetative microorganisms and photoautrophs

FDEP approval received August 23 for a temporary algae treatment pilot program in Cape Coral.

SLOW

e WAKE

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Booming

Safety Signs, lights, anchoring

Cost - $7,000

TURBIDITY BOOM HAZMAT BOOM

Booming Operation

Palaco Grande Canal

Nassau Canal

Mandolin Canal/ Clipper Basin

Bubble Curtain

Boat and Eco friendly

Sustainable

Year-round benefit

Weather station for activation

$50,000 + electric for 100’ canal

https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=6qRFhKV9BbI

Moving Forward

Treating the Cause vs. Symptom

Funding

Regional Planning and Collaboration