Onsite system reduces nitrogen
Problem: The drastic effects of the algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County, Florida, caught a resident’s attention in 2016. Massive seagrass loss and dead fish led to a referendum in which the Save Our Indian River Lagoon program was approved. This program intended to improve the lagoon’s health by implementing various projects such as muck dredging, oyster restoration, municipal wastewater treatment upgrades, stormwater treatment, sewer conversion and septic upgrades. To take advantage of a government incentive program, owners have to upgrade their system with units that are certified to remove nitrogen by at
