Fort Myers invests millions in Billy Creek cleanup efforts

Billy Creek cleanup

Fort Myers is continuing restoration work at Billy Creek, where crews are removing overgrown vegetation from stormwater filtration marshes that keep polluted runoff out of the Caloosahatchee River.

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  1. Fort Myers is continuing restoration work at Billy Creek, where crews are removing overgrown vegetation from stormwater filtration marshes that keep polluted runoff out of the Caloosahatchee River.
  2. The city has put more than $10 million into water quality improvements around the creek over six years, and it received $6 million in federal funding for polluted waterways including Billy Creek.
  3. Restoration work is expected to wrap up in November, and testing by Calusa Waterkeeper found potential fecal contamination indicators down 57% from a year earlier, though recreational water quality concerns remain.
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