Update 2023-09-14: Now with Agenda.

Return of the massive 2017 North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan (NFRWSP) that did nothing to stop lowering water levels or nitrates leaching into springs and rivers.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 21, 2023, Posterboard Session starts at 5:45 p.m. and the Webinar Presentation starts at 6:30 p.m.

Where: SRWMD, 9225 CR 49, Live Oak, FL 32060

Or by webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2570768570283041622

Potential evaporation map 2019-08-01 with joint SRWMD SJRWMD NFRWSP approval meeting 2017-01-17

As I wrote SRWMD and SJRWMD this January, “I have some issues with another level. I noticed repeated assertions in the public meeting that demand or projected demand are just taken as givens. So basically anybody who wants to build a golf course, or start another titanium mine, or plant almond trees that need lots of water, that’s just a given, that’s demand.”

I continue to agree with Dennis J. Price, P.G., of Hamilton County, Florida (now a WWALS Board member), The NFRWSP’s job is to figure out how to increase water levels in the aquifer. –Dennis J. Price 2016-12-12.

SRWMD and SJRWMD didn’t listen when they passed the previous plan six years ago, but maybe this time will be different.

And maybe it’s time to get a Right to Clean Water on the ballot to go in Article I of the Florida state constitution:
https://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org

Here is the Public Notice of this month’s meeting:

Notice: 27537347

Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Department: WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Division: Suwannee River Water Management District

The Suwannee River Water Management District announces a workshop to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, September 21, 2023, Posterboard Session starts at 5:45 p.m. and the Webinar Presentation starts at 6:30 p.m.

PLACE: Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) Governing Board Room, 9225 CR 49, Live Oak, FL 32060.

The workshop can be attended in person or viewed online by webinar. The workshop will begin at 5:45 p.m. with a 45-minute in-person posterboard session (poster display and opportunity for in-person attendees to ask questions) followed by an in-person and online presentation of the draft 2023 NFRWSP at 6:30 p.m. to maximize the opportunity for public participation. The webinar is free to attend and can be accessed from a computer, tablet, or smartphone in listen only mode — no comments will be received from the online audience. Following the presentation of the draft 2023 NFRWSP, verbal comments will be received from those attending in person. Written comments can be submitted via the comment portal on the NFRWSP webpage ( https://northfloridawater.com/watersupplyplan/index.html) or via email to partnership@sjrwmd.com through October 6, 2023.

Please register to join our workshop from your computer, tablet, or smartphone.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2570768570283041622

Subject: The North Florida regional water supply planning area is a planning region located within both Districts. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a Draft 2023 North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan (NFRWSP) workshop for the public regarding the update of the 2015-2035 NFRWSP. Pursuant to section 373.709(1), Florida Statutes, this workshop will communicate the status, overall conceptual intent, and impacts of the plan on existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses and related natural systems. The North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership is a collaborative effort among government agencies formed to address water resource issues in portions of both Districts. The St Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) is conducting a similar workshop of the same content. Additional information on these workshops, including the agenda, and the NFRWSP in general can be found at https://northfloridawater.com/watersupplyplan/index.html.

One or more Governing Board members from the Districts named above may attend the Draft 2023 NFRWSP Public Workshop.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting:
Emily Ducker,
Water Supply Office Chief,
Office of Water Supply,
SRWMD, 9225 CR 49, Live Oak, FL 32060l,
(386) 362-1001, emily.ducker@srwmd.org

PRINT PUBLISH DATE: 9/13/2023 Vol. 49/178

27537347 – Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register – FAC, FAR, eRulemaking (flrules.org)

Agenda

Here is the Agenda.

Which it turns out is online. Why the Notice didn’t just say that is mysterious.

Agenda
Draft 2023 North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan
Public Workshop

Suwannee River Water Management District
St. Johns River Water Management District

SRWMD Governing Board Room, 9225 CR 49, Live Oak, FL 32060
and Webinar

September 21, 2023, 5:45 p.m.

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Welcome and Introductions

2023 NFRWSP Posterboard Stations (In-person Question & Answer) – starting at 5:45 p.m.

• Water Supply Planning
• Data and Projections
• Resource Constraints
• Projects
• Water Conservation

Draft 2023 NFRWSP Overview Presentation (In-person and online) – starting at 6:30 p.m.

Public Comment (for the public attending in person)

Closing Remarks

Please register at the following link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2570768570283041622

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

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