Water Resources staff met with civil engineers on site at Marsh Park on Lake Yale to discuss a proposed stormwater project to redirect runoff from a direct feeder canal into a newly designed retention pond and wetland treatment system. The goal is to force stormwater to move through wetland vegetation, significantly reducing nutrient loads before discharge to Lake Yale, an area identified as a major point source of nutrients due in part to a nearby commercial production plant. This is currently at concept and evaluation stage, with no selected design or construction vendor named beyond the initial civil engineering consultations. Vendors in stormwater engineering, environmental permitting, modeling, and construction of retention and treatment systems could help refine alternatives, permitting strategy, and funding packages, especially as it complements an existing four‑year alum treatment project on Lake Yale.

Lake Yale also has a four‑year alum treatment program and a planned project update from SOLitude Lak...