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Sarasota News Leader October 11, 2013 Page 113 Siesta Seen During his presentation, Boudreau pointed out that the "main purpose of this project" is to clean the stormwater that drains onto the site from about 40 acres upstream. "We can clear out the contaminants in that water before they go into our [gulf] and before they shut down the No. 1 beach in America," he added. with ultraviolet light, he continued. Then it will be directed into that 3,000-foot pipeline and through a diffuser before it flows into the gulf. When the contractor is ready to connect the diffuser with the pipeline, he continued, a barge will bring the equipment offshore, and two or three divers will handle the work. The new stormwater retention pond on the site, which will be about 1 acre in size, will be Water standing in the pond routinely will filabout 15 feet deep, he said. It was designed to ter naturally into the ground, he noted. handle a 25-year storm event. While construction of the stormwater pond Any overflow of water from the pond will has been at a standstill, Boudreau pointed out, go to a pump house, where it will be treated work has been going on behind the scenes to The Gulf & Bay Club condominiums loom in the background of the stormwater project site. Photo by Rachel Hackney