Four years ago, Lee County passed a fertilizer ordinance. Still, many people don’t know about it. Its goal is to reduce the number of fish kills and algae blooms and to preserve water quality.
Phosphorous and nitrogen are the two main ingredients not allowed during the rainy season – June through September.
Fertilizer use is also prohibited within 10 feet of a body of water, seawall or wetland.
Some weed killers and fertilizers will state right on the bag – “don’t use near water.”
“Unfortunately it doesn’t come without a lot of explanation,” said Karen Bickford, with Lee County Natural Resources.
Bickford helped write Lee County’s fertilizer ordinance – not only helping the environment, but also saving homeowners money on fertilizer that would have been wasted.
“If you put it down right before a very heavy rain storm, it’s not going to soak into the ground, it’s going to run off the surface and into the water sheds,” Bickford said.
Because in state surrounded by water, all lawns eventually lead to playgrounds like the Gulf.
Lee County Natural Resources does enforce this fertilizer ordinance.
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