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Sarasota County Watersheds
| Roberts Bay North
Timeline |
 Influences
that have changed the Roberts Bay North watershed over time.
- 1000 - 1900: Early
development in Sarasota County included Calusa tribes,
Spanish explorers and other European groups.
- 1910s: Miles of ditches were
dug in upper Phillippi Creek basin for agriculture. Celery
was a big crop.
- 1950s: Urban growth
accelerates and continues. Flooding problems identified
along Phillippi Creek.
- 1960s: Dredging begins at
the mouth of Phillippi Creek. Southgate Community
Association asks Sarasota County to act on flooding
problems.
- 1970s: First aquatic weed
control begins in Phillippi Creek.
- 1990s: Phillippi Creek Basin
Master Plan initiated; septic tanks and private treatment
plants identified as pollution sources there. Celery Fields
Regional Stormwater Facility construction begins.
- 2001: Phillippi Creek Septic
System Replacement project begins.
- 2003: Levee project begins.
- 2007: Roberts Bay North
Watershed Management Plan study begins.
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