But first, it has some cleaning to do.
Excess water from Black Creek, a tributary of the St. Johns River, will be diverted by pipeline into Alligator Creek. From there, it will flow into Lake Brooklyn and eventually percolate into the aquifer, said Dale Jenkins, district director of projects.
“We would do it only under conditions of high wet-weather flow. We can divert up to 10 million gallons a day safely from Black Creek, which would protect the Black Creek system,” Jenkins said. “The primary purpose is a regionally beneficial aquifer recharge. The way we do that is by moving the water, when conditions dictate, into Lake Brooklyn via Alligator Creek after treatment.”