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A state agency’s bid to protect water levels at Clay County’s shrunken Keystone Heights lakes is getting pushback from utilities including JEA, which on Monday could challenge plans that depend on pumping water through a 17-mile pipeline.
JEA likes the St. Johns River Water Management District’s plan to build the pipeline from Black Creek but worries it could be stuck paying an “inequitable” bill for $13 million.
“While we support the project … we have to do that with the customers in mind and what the financial impact might be,” CEO Jay Stowe told his board before it gave him a free hand last week to challenge the water agency (if needed) over a proposed rule to safeguard water levels in Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva.
Citrus industry dealing with high tariffs February 23, 2021 at 6:35 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 6:35 PM
Citrus growers on the Treasure Coast say theyâve gotten the squeeze this year as tariffs have made it harder to move their product.
But while theyâre riding another roller coaster this year, they say things are setting up for a banner year in 2022.
Through several hurricanes and the devastation brought on by citrus greening, the conveyor belts continue to roll at Riverfront Packing Company in Gifford.
âWeâve had good weather all winter which has helped us. We didnât have any freeze threats, we didnât have hurricanes,â said Dan Richey, President of Riverfront Packing.
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