Crews remove overgrown vegetation from stormwater filtration marshes along Billy Creek in Fort Myers. The city has invested more than $10 million in water quality improvements around the creek over six years, including infrastructure upgrades, erosion control and wetland restoration.
Fort Myers is continuing restoration work at Billy Creek, where crews are removing overgrown vegetation from filtration marshes designed to prevent polluted stormwater from reaching the Caloosahatchee River. The city has invested more than $10 million in water quality improvements around the creek over six years, including infrastructure upgrades, erosion control and wetland treatments. Fort Myers also received $6 million in federal funding for polluted waterways, including Billy Creek, with restoration work expected to conclude in November. Testing by Calusa Waterkeeper found potential fecal contamination indicators declined 57% from a year earlier, although recreational water quality concerns remain, WINK News reports.
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