Crews to use drones to drop 2 million clams into Indian River Lagoon

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — An effort to improve the water quality in the Indian River Lagoon will continue Wednesday in Volusia County.

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Crews will use drones to deploy 2 million clams into the water near Edgewater.

It’s the same process used in Brevard County last month.

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Officials said the clams work as environmental filter feeders.

They remove excess nutrients from the water.

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The 5-year effort will eventually plant one billion clams into the lagoon.

The “clam drop” started at 9 a.m.

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