Titusville Installs Tree Boxes to Improve Water Quality, Part of $898,000 Project Funded by Save our Indian River Lagoon Plan
By Space Coast Daily // April 7, 2025
$898,000 project is fully grant-funded by Save our Indian River Lagoon Plan
BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – The City of Titusville is currently installing “Tree Boxes” as part of a water quality initiative.
A Contractor for the Public Works Department will be installing 20 tree boxes in the areas of City Hall, The Commons, Brevard Street, and Grace Street.
This $898,000 project is fully grant-funded by the Save our Indian River Lagoon Plan and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Tree boxes are a type of green stormwater infrastructure designed to collect the first flush of stormwater and treat it prior to discharge into the storm sewer system or to the subsoil. The structure is a pre-manufactured concrete box that is installed in-ground, filled with soil media, and planted with a native, non-invasive tree or shrub.
The tree box functions as a compact bioretention system, which is a green infrastructure or low-impact development stormwater control best management practice. In urban or built-out areas where space is limited, tree boxes can fit within a small existing footprint and as retrofit projects.
Currently, 4 out of the 20 tree boxes have been installed, and the project is expected to be completed by the end of this fiscal year.
“We remain committed to reducing pollution inputs in stormwater runoff and groundwater infiltration that end up in our waterways,” said Public Works Operations Director Sandra Reller.
“This is just one of the many projects the city has undertaken to improve the quality of water in the Indian River Lagoon,” added Reller.
