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St. Johns River Water Management District: projected demand rise cannot be met from current aquifer without harming springs
Summary
At Oviedo’s inaugural water expo, St. Johns River Water Management District staff said a projected regional increase in demand — roughly 96 million gallons per day — cannot be met by existing freshwater groundwater sources without significant impacts to springs and surface waters, and urged conservation and alternative supplies.
Deirdre Irwin, Bureau of Water Supply Planning at the St. Johns River Water Management District, told attendees at Oviedo’s inaugural water expo that regional growth will raise demand by about 96,000,000 gallons per day and that relying on fresh groundwater alone would “have significant impacts to minimum flows and [surface] water bodies.”
Irwin said that although Central Florida receives roughly 52 inches of annual rainfall and sits above a productive aquifer, the traditional Floridan aquifer is already constrained in many places because of long-term withdrawals and observed impacts at springs. “Our traditional source of water is becoming…
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