The Indian Shores Town Hall Stormwater Management Improvements project is a cooperatively funded program between the town of Indian Shores and the District's Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board. Periods of normal rainfall have resulted in flooding in the area north of the Indian Shores Town Hall. Stormwater runoff from a tennis court and paved parking lot flows across the Town Hall property. The runoff then flows untreated into the intercoastal waterway.
Storm water is water that flows over land during and immediately after a rainstorm.
The Environmental Protection Agency has identified stormwater runoff as our most serious water quality problem today. Pollutants associated with stormwater runoff include sediment, nutrients, heavy metals, oils, greases, pesticides and bacteria. Without proper treatment in developed areas, these pollutants in runoff adversely impact the quality of the receiving water. The project includes the design and permitting, preparation of drawings and specifications, and construction of the stormwater management system. The design will include regrading and resurfacing the parking lot.