Taken on September 29th,twodaysafter HurricaneHelene, an aerial photograph of the Big Marco Pass captured what looked like a dark brown runoff spilling into Tigertail Lagoon/Big Marco Pass waters.
Aerial Photo by John Cavanaugh
Taken in July 2024 at the start of the rainy season showing culvert and outflow from Hideaway Beach.
Photos by Maria Lamb
Water is visiblyflowing from the drainage culvert fromHideaway Beach into Big Marco Pass/Tigertail Lagoon taken in July 2024–the start of rainy season.
Photo by Maria Lamb
This report shows that the "TotalNitrogen (TN) in all three monitoring stations located along Big Marco/Tigertail Lagoon exceeded the nutrient limit for Total Phosphorous (TP) with the south lagoon having the highestconcentration.”Data taken from page 14of THA’s Post Construction Water Quality Monitoring Report.
On October 9, 2024, Hurricane Milton, a strong Category 3 storm made landfall in Southwest Florida near Siesta Key.
Two daysafter HurricaneHelene,on September 29th,an aerial photograph of the Big Marco Pass capturedwhat looked like adark brownrunoffspillinginto Tigertail Lagoon and the waters of theMarco Pass.
The 1979 permit for Hideaway Beach Drainage Plan stated that “since this is a residential development, the major source of pollutants will be the oils, grease, etc., from paved roadways and parking lots and fertilizers from the maintained green areas including the golf course. Any runoff of this type of pollutant should be minimal due to the large amount of on-site storage and retention.”
TheHideaway Drainage Planwaspermitted bythe Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) in 1979and stated thatthe“receiving water bodies for natural runoffs presently goes tothree locations namely:Gulf of Mexico to the West and Big Marco Pass Critical Wildlife Area to the North and Collier Bay to the Northeast.”
TheBig Marco Pass CWA has been a ”receiving water body”for the Hideaway Beach drainageto the Northsince 1978.“In1988, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) established the Big Marco Pass as a Critical Wildlife Area (CWA) consisting of 456 acresand closed year-round for the protection of migratory and resident foraging birds.”
On March 21, 2024, Turrell Hall & Associates (THAMarine and Environmental Consulting)presented their 2023 Annual Summary Post Construction Water Quality Monitoring Report to the Hideaway Beach Taxing District Board Meeting.THA reported, “Water Quality samples were collected by lab personnel on February 28,2023,and August 2,2023,during construction and post-construction.
The THAreport showed that thetotalphosphorus in all threemonitoring stations located along Big Marco “exceeded the nutrient limit fortotalphosphorous with the south lagoon having the highest concentration.”
In addition,theTHAreportshowed“totalnitrogen in all threemonitoringstations“exceeded the nutrient limit fortotalnitrogen with the south lagoon having the highest concentration.”
Stormwater management has been on the SFWMD’s Request for Information (RAI) to Hideaway Beach Association (HBA) on “September 6, 2019,withfocus on mangrove protection, wetland identification, stormwater management and archaeological remains in the gated community,”
Hideaway Beach Association (HBA) provided its 2004 Stormwater Management Plan to the District, which included a Water Quality Monitoring Program requiring three sample events per year at the outfall by certified personnel.
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