Canal Restoration

Monroe County Canal Restoration Rankings List

Monroe County Canal Restoration Rankings List Canal Ranking Criteria List of Keys Residential Canals by location To find out which canal you are on, please do the following steps: 1. Download the free Google Earth software.  Download Google Earth for Free Here 2. Open this document once Google Earth is downloaded on your computer. Double-click the downloaded file "Monroe_County_Residential_Canals.kmz," which will automatically open in Google Earth.  Google Earth Document with Downloaded Canal Information 3. Put your address in the search toolbar at the top left of the program and click Search. Click the feature that surrounds your canal, and a box will pop up with the associated canal name, depth, ranking, and more. The new plan ranks 96 canals in unincorporated Monroe County with poor or fair water quality ratings that do not meet the minimum state standards. Governor DeSantis’ office proposed the work program to help provide accountability in implementing canal restoration projects. The newly adopted Administration Commission Rule 28-20.140, F.A.C., amends the county Comprehensive Plan to include a 10-year canal restoration implementation work program. Like other tasks in the county’s work program, lack of progress on the new canal restoration tasks will reduce 20 percent of the county’s Rate of Growth Ordinance (ROGO) allocations. The county is under a deadline to formalize the canal selection and ranking criteria by June of this year to include it in the county’s update to the State. The selection criteria may be modified as more canal information becomes available. The selection criteria include various environmental factors, such as dissolved oxygen levels in canals, nutrient accumulation, canal depth, connectivity to nearshore waters, and the number of parcels along the canal. It also uses a second set of financial criteria to rank canals to take the best advantage of the county’s limited financial resources. Canal remediation techniques include organic removal, backfilling, culverts, weed gates, and gravity-fed injection wells to improve dissolved oxygen levels and overall canal water quality. The technologies were tested in several pilot projects within the county, Marathon, and Islamorada. The Monroe County BOCC approved a series of canal restoration demonstration projects. The results will be used to further define restoration costs and to provide information for future grant applications to state and federal sources. FIU Final Report for the Demonstration of Canal Remediation Methods - May 2018 FIU Water Quality Monitoring Data FIU Seagrass Monitoring Data The Canal Advisory Committee meetings are noticed in the Florida Administrative Register (FAR). FAR Notices Technical Information and Presentations Eden Pines Canal 278 Evaluation Report – April 2017 Alternative Technologies Organic Sediment Report June 2016 Alternative Technologies for Water Quality Improvements Report June 2016 DEP - Florida Keys Canals Restoration Jan. 2017 Hydrographic / Bathymetric Surveys of Keys Canals Canal Restoration Demonstration Report Additional Information Florida Keys Reasonable Assurance Document Florida Clean Marina Boat Cleaning Best Practices Waterfront Property Owners Guide NOAA Fisheries: Essential Fish Habitat Phase I Canal Management Master Plan (CMMP) Report