Indian River Lagoon: Florida DEP helps fund Oak Hill septic-to-sewer
Indian Harbor Estates, a neighborhood where the homes are precariously close to canals, has 285 homes on septic tanks.
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Indian Harbor Estates, a neighborhood where the homes are precariously close to canals, has 285 homes on septic tanks.
When it comes to pollution in the Indian River Lagoon, everyone has a boogeyman. For FAU researchers at Harbor Branch, it's septic tanks.
Up to 15% of Florida's manatees died this year, mostly from starvation after nutrient-tainted water from humans caused a mass seagrass die off.
There are more than 300,000 septic systems permitted in six counties adjacent to the 156-mile-long Indian River Lagoon (IRL) in Florida.
Ongoing water quality problems have wiped out more than half of the seagrass in the northern Indian River Lagoon.