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Tampa Bay Water warns of dry start to year, discusses joint ASR concept with City of Tampa
Summary
Staff reported persistent dry conditions and rising demand, said the desalination facility is back online and described a high-level concept to jointly permit aquifer storage and recovery wells with the City of Tampa to capture high river flows and defer new supply investments.
Chief Science Officer Warren Hogg told the board the region entered its dry season early, with historically low rainfall and a 12-month river-flow deficit. He said river flow in the Hillsborough River is roughly 5,000,000 gallons per day below average and the agency delivered about 208,160,000 gallons per day to members for the first three months of the fiscal year. Hogg noted South Hillsborough recorded a…
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