The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Aug. 3 to award a contract to build a water treatment system to improve the quality of water flowing from Lakes Park into Hendry Creek south of Fort Myers. This is the third in a series of water quality projects to be built at Lakes Park, 7330 Gladiolus Drive. The $4.29 million project will build an alum treatment facility, including installing housing shelters, an alum tank, a pump, a control panel and a pipe network on the lake bottom. Based on water conditions, the treatment facility will add alum to the West Lake. The alum will bind with and settle out excess nutrients and algae. County officials said this will help remove about 3,300 pounds of nitrogen annually before it enters the Hendry Creek watershed. An additional benefit of this settling process is improved water clarity within the lake.