The project began in the spring and is expected to be finished in early 2025. The project restores the baseflow in the M-1 Canal westward for treatment in a stormwater treatment area before it flows to the St. It carries water east to the lagoon via Crane Creek. The canal diverts stormwater from 5,300 acres in Melbourne, West Melbourne, Melbourne Village and parts of unincorporated Brevard. The M-1 Canal is a century-old, man-made flood control canal in Brevard that cuts through the drainage divide between the St. Too much of those two nutrients spurs excess algae that can choke out seagrass, fish and other marine life. The more than $23 million Crane Creek / M-1 Canal project will substantially reduce nitrogen and phosphorus to the Iagoon. View Gallery: Indian River Lagoon Projects and Partnerships Event Crane Creek
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