Posted on November 18, 2024
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – MUCK is the accumulation of decades of soil erosion, animal waste, and organic debris, covering 6,000 acres of Lagoon bottom and rotting away.
As it rots, it releases nitrogen and phosphorous pollution that feeds algae and helps produce harmful blooms.
Muck is the single largest source of nitrogen pollution in the Lagoon (accounting for 35%).
The Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) ½¢ tax is co-funding projects to dredge Muck off the bottom, separate the water from the solids, clean and return the water, and appropriately dispose of the solids.
Removing this internal source of pollution is necessary to allow the Lagoon to begin recovering.
The Plan is designed to quickly reduce new pollution into the Lagoon to avoid Muck buildup and the need to re-dredge.
Healing Our Lagoon requires eliminating multiple sources of pollution at the same time.
