April is Springs Protection Awareness Month. There are more than seven hundred identified springs in the State of Florida. All of which have become threatened in varying degrees by anthropogenic activities and other factors. As such, many of the water management districts (WMDs) have established “Spring Teams” comprised of in-house experts charged with evaluating and applying a variety of techniques …
WRA’s Environmental Manager Presents at Stetson University (Deland, FL)
The newly established Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University (Deland, FL) asked WRA’s Environmental Manager and Stetson alumni Matthew Miller, to present to students and faculty a project that would best encompass the vision for the Institute. The presentation he chose, “Wetland Recovery and Management in a Shallow, Freshwater Wellfield in Southwest Florida” detailed the Englewood Water District’s (EWD) …
The Importance of the Lower Floridan Aquifer in FL’s Water Future
With Florida becoming the third-most populated state, it has been said that groundwater, or more specifically the Floridan aquifer system (FAS), may be approaching a critical tipping point as a relatively cheap and accessible water supply. While that may be true for different zones of the FAS in certain areas of the state, if water managers and researchers are successful, …
South Lake Regional Water Initiative
Water Resource Associates (WRA) was recently awarded the Alternative Water Supply Strategic Services project by the South Lake Regional Water Initiative (SLRWI). The SLRWI is made up of South Lake County communities including Clermont; Groveland; Mascotte; Minneola; and Montverde; Lake County Government; and Lake Utility Services, Inc. The SLRWI was created to foster a cooperative approach to solving the South …
Marion County Water Study
MARION COUNTY WATER RESOURCE ASSESSMENT& MANAGEMENT STUDY Water Resource Associates (WRA) was selected by Marion County to provide a comprehensive long-term water supply plan that would lay out future sources of water including new groundwater and surface water sources. The area modeled is a Priority Water Resource Caution Area due to wetland and lake impacts. The WRAMS utilized the SJRWMD North-Central …