But we're not done yet. So to date, We've awarded over three, almost $3.3 billion to over 1,000 projects aimed at protecting Florida's water resources. These are already delivering results, reducing nitrogen by over 4.8 million pounds and phosphorus by nearly 900,000 pounds on an annual basis. So removing nitrogen and phosphorus from Florida's water resources is critical to protecting springs, rivers, estuaries from harmful algal blooms, fish kill, fish kills, and the long term degradation of ecosystems that support tourism, recreation and drinking water for millions of floridians. (05:49–06:02)
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Asserts that the projects have reduced nitrogen by 4.8 million pounds and phosphorus by 900,000 pounds annually.
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