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SJRWMD – Unusually Wet April Brings Aquifer Levels Up

May 12, 2021 | 10:39 AM Palatka, FL – April rains across the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) benefited water levels in the Floridan aquifer. April is, more often than not, one of Florida’s drier months. Below-average rainfall in March across the central and southern ends of the SJRWMD caused the greatest shortfall in Volusia, Flagler, and Indian River. They all received less than one inch of rain. According to a press release issued by SJRWMD, the hydrologic data collected shows the District is in better shape, water-wise. Rainfall Districtwide, April rainfall averaged 5.1 inches, which is nearly 2.5 inches above the long-term average for the month. April rainfall was above average across the District — and in some areas, well above average, including parts of south Putnam and Marion counties that received more than 9 inches of rain Countywide totals ranged from 3.7 inches in Duval County to more than 6 inches for Flagler, Putnam, and Marion countie

Rights of Nature lawsuit pits 2 lakes, 2 creeks and marsh against developer in Lake Nona

Rights of Nature lawsuit pits 2 lakes, 2 creeks and marsh against developer in Lake Nona Orlando Sentinel 5/3/2021 Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel © Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel Longtime advocate for clean water and black bears, Chuck O’Neal, at his home which sits on the edge of Wekiwa Springs State Park on Monday, January 11 2021. O’Neal’s “rights of nature” initiative, intended largely to protect the Wekiva and Econlockhatchee rivers, won an astounding 89% of the vote in Orange County in the 2020 election. Wielding for the first time the voter-approved Orange County charter amendment intended to protect county waterways, environmentalists recently sued to stop a developer from filling in 115 acres of wetlands for a mammoth project near Lake Nona.

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