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County staff brief board on minimum flows update and large regional 'Water First North Florida' project
Summary
Alachua County environmental staff briefed commissioners on the proposed minimum flows and levels (MFLs) regulatory package and the Water First North Florida implementation plan, a 40 MGD treated‑wastewater aquifer recharge project estimated at $1.1 billion and targeted for completion by 2040; staff urged continued lobbying to tighten irrigation‑well rules in the DEP draft.
Stacy Greco, environmental protection staff, updated the Board on the North Florida Minimum Flows and Levels (MFLs) regulatory package and the associated implementation plan. Greco said the MFLs set regulatory flow and level thresholds intended to prevent harm to springs, rivers and wetlands from water withdrawals; adoption follows a multi‑year process dating to the county’s 2018 vulnerability assessment.
Greco outlined two linked elements: the DEP regulatory rule‑making component now before the legislature, and the…
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