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Lake Munson
Lake Munson Basin (40,256 acres):
Of the 6 basins impacted by runoff from the USA, the Lake Munson Basin has historically been found to have the highest pollutant loading and to be the most flood prone. In the past this lake received treated effluent from the City's sewage treatment plants plus runoff from the central business district of Tallahassee. Today the lake does not receive any treated effluent but it remains heavily impacted by runoff from the central business district, FSU, FAMU and the West Tennessee Street business corridor. The Lake Munson Basin is characterized by a moderate percentage of developed area (56%) and a relatively high percentage of existing stormwater treatment (17.3%). However, these statistics are somewhat deceiving. This basin includes the Lake Bradford and Cascade Lakes Chain whose drainage areas include large expanses of the national forest west of the airport. This circumstance serves to reduce the proportion of developed area for the basin as a whole. The Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) Stormwater Management Plan, (1991) found the Central Drainage Ditch and St Augustine Branch sub-watershed areas to be among the most highly polluted in the City, as did the recent City SPRP. Four of eight local water bodies identified as impaired and in need of pollution control by EPA are located in the Lake Munson Basin. The high level of existing treatment is associated with recent construction of a regional stormwater facility near FSU and the Frenchtown stormwater facility by the City. Implementation of these controls helped reduce the pollutant load ranking of the Central Ditch watershed somewhat when compared to others in the basin when analyzed in the recent SPRP assessment results

 

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