The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) is soliciting stakeholder input on the annual update of the Priority List and Schedule for the Establishment of Minimum Flows and Levels. A public meeting will be held at the District's Tampa Service Office, located at 7601 U.S. Highway 301 North on Monday, Sept. 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Minimum flows and levels (MFLs) are limits set by the District Governing Board for surface waters and groundwater. MFLs are intended to prevent significant harm to the water resources or ecology of an area that may be impacted by water withdrawals. Reservations set aside water from withdrawals for the protection of fish and wildlife or public health and safety. The Priority List identifies water bodies for which the District plans to establish minimum flows and levels and reservations.
Written comments on the draft Priority List and Schedule may be submitted to Doug Leeper, MFLs Program Lead with the District's Natural Systems and Restoration Bureau via email at doug.leeper@watermaters.org or by U.S. mail at 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 34604-6899 no later than Oct. 7, 2016.
The current Priority List and Schedule and the draft 2017 Priority List and Schedule are posted on the District's Minimum Flows and Levels (Environmental Flows) Documents and Reports web page at: www.WaterMatters.org/MFLReports.
Minimum flows and levels (MFLs) are limits set by the District Governing Board for surface waters and groundwater. MFLs are intended to prevent significant harm to the water resources or ecology of an area that may be impacted by water withdrawals. Reservations set aside water from withdrawals for the protection of fish and wildlife or public health and safety. The Priority List identifies water bodies for which the District plans to establish minimum flows and levels and reservations.
Written comments on the draft Priority List and Schedule may be submitted to Doug Leeper, MFLs Program Lead with the District's Natural Systems and Restoration Bureau via email at doug.leeper@watermaters.org or by U.S. mail at 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida, 34604-6899 no later than Oct. 7, 2016.
The current Priority List and Schedule and the draft 2017 Priority List and Schedule are posted on the District's Minimum Flows and Levels (Environmental Flows) Documents and Reports web page at: www.WaterMatters.org/MFLReports.