What you can do about WFNF, slides –Suwannee Riverkeeper 2026-04-02

Here’s the WWALS video of me speaking and my slides. Basically, there are much better ways to rehydrate wetlands, springs, and rivers in the Suwannee Basin, such as Jacksonville can desalinate seawater. And there are other places JEA can send its treated wastewater in the St. Johns Basin.

[What you can do about WFNF --Suwannee Riverkeeper 2026-04-02, You can help with better solutions]
What you can do about WFNF –Suwannee Riverkeeper 2026-04-02, You can help with better solutions

To stop this project, we need a groundswell of public opposition such as stopped golf courses in state parks. You can help.

For who you can contect, and a petition you can sign, plus more information about WFNF, including all the city, county, and regional letters and resolutions against, see:

https://wwals.net/issues/wfnf

For the rest of the speakers, see Videos: A roomfull against WFNF at SCRP, Live Oak, FL 2026-04-02. I was number four.

Here are my slides, in PDF and Powerpoint, with images below.

 -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/

[Water First North Florida (WFNF), FL SB 64, Desalination, and planted pine ditches --John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER]
Water First North Florida (WFNF), FL SB 64, Desalination, and planted pine ditches –John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER
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[Suwannee River Basin and Estuary]
Suwannee River Basin and Estuary
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[WWALS Vision and Mission]
WWALS Vision and Mission
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[Floridan Aquifer]
Floridan Aquifer
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[Rick Davis, chair of the River contamination Task Force of the dozen downstream Florida counties]
Rick Davis, chair of the River contamination Task Force of the dozen downstream Florida counties
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[Stigma]
Stigma
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[The Suwannee River Basin in Florida is downstream from Valdosta’s wastewater spills; should it also be downstream of Jacksonville?]
The Suwannee River Basin in Florida is downstream from Valdosta’s wastewater spills; should it also be downstream of Jacksonville?
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[What problem needs solving?]
What problem needs solving?
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[Historic Water Use and Population -vs- Projected Water Demand and Population in NFRWSP]
Historic Water Use and Population -vs- Projected Water Demand and Population in NFRWSP
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[Demand and population where?]
Demand and population where?
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[North Florida regional water supply planning boundary]
North Florida regional water supply planning boundary
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[Figure C3: Change in Upper Floridan aquifer from 2035 withdrawals within the NFSEG domain.]
Figure C3: Change in Upper Floridan aquifer from 2035 withdrawals within the NFSEG domain.
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[Ichetucknee Head Spring]
Ichetucknee Head Spring
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[Agriculture uses most SRWMD water But Public Supply uses most SJRWMD water]
Agriculture uses most SRWMD water But Public Supply uses most SJRWMD water
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[Why is this a solution? (Treated JAX wastewater piped into wetlands in the Suwannee Basin)]
Why is this a solution? (Treated JAX wastewater piped into wetlands in the Suwannee Basin)
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[SJRWMD Board November 12, 2025]
SJRWMD Board November 12, 2025
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[North Florida Regional Recharge Project - Conceptualization]
North Florida Regional Recharge Project – Conceptualization
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[Project Cost: $1 Billion Who Pays?]
Project Cost: $1 Billion Who Pays?
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[JEA approved \$400 million for WFNF 2025-11-19]
JEA approved \$400 million for WFNF 2025-11-19
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[Who is this “the region”?]
Who is this “the region”?
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[What’s in it for JEA?]
What’s in it for JEA?
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[FL SB 64]
FL SB 64
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[WATER FIRST NORTH FLORIDA Project Milestones]
WATER FIRST NORTH FLORIDA Project Milestones
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[Route of this 60-mile-plus pipeline or pipelines?]
Route of this 60-mile-plus pipeline or pipelines?
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[Water First North Florida- Next Steps]
Water First North Florida- Next Steps
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[Why is SRWMD a junior non-voting partner along with JEA, GRU, Clay Utilities, and St. Johns Co. Utilities?]
Why is SRWMD a junior non-voting partner along with JEA, GRU, Clay Utilities, and St. Johns Co. Utilities?
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[The 10 Most Recent Years are the Warmest on Record!!]
The 10 Most Recent Years are the Warmest on Record!!
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[Solutions without massive infrastructure:]
Solutions without massive infrastructure:
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[Wells below forestry ditches: Why not considered?]
Wells below forestry ditches: Why not considered?
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[How about instead pipe that water into Jacksonville’s drinking water?]
How about instead pipe that water into Jacksonville’s drinking water?
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[Desalination]
Desalination
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[Desalination plants elsewhere: TX, AZ, CA]
Desalination plants elsewhere: TX, AZ, CA
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[Actually, Florida already desalinates]
Actually, Florida already desalinates
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[Desalination could eliminate Jacksonville’s water withdrawals]
Desalination could eliminate Jacksonville’s water withdrawals
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[SRWMD and SJRWMD reasons for rejecting desalination]
SRWMD and SJRWMD reasons for rejecting desalination
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[Continued: SRWMD and SJRWWMD reasons for rejecting desalination]
Continued: SRWMD and SJRWWMD reasons for rejecting desalination
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[Example modern seawater desalination plants]
Example modern seawater desalination plants
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[What about SB 64? Where should JEA Buckman treated wastewater go?]
What about SB 64? Where should JEA Buckman treated wastewater go?
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[Goldhead Branch St Park seriously depleted lakes May 2021]
Goldhead Branch St Park seriously depleted lakes May 2021
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[Lake Brooklyn Keystone January 2017]
Lake Brooklyn Keystone January 2017
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[https://wwals.net/issues/wfnf]
https://wwals.net/issues/wfnf
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[Ways to make public comments]
Ways to make public comments
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[When you comment:]
When you comment:
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[Framing]
Framing
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[Examples of public comments:]
Examples of public comments:
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[More from the Columbia County Commission meeting:]
More from the Columbia County Commission meeting:
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[Still more from the Columbia County meeting:]
Still more from the Columbia County meeting:
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[Comments from a Live Oak meeting]
Comments from a Live Oak meeting
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[More examples:]
More examples:
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[Ask for explanations or to stop the projects]
Ask for explanations or to stop the projects
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[Government bodies against WFNF: so far]
Government bodies against WFNF: so far
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[Contact:]
Contact:
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Pics

[Suwannee Riverkeeper, 2026-04-02 Against WFNF in Live Oak --jsq for WWALS]
Suwannee Riverkeeper, 2026-04-02 Against WFNF in Live Oak –jsq for WWALS

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