District to Partner with FDEP for Maintenance on Water Control Structure in Levy County

News Release

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) is assisting the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) in performing maintenance on the Inglis Bypass Spillway water control structure located in Levy County on the Inglis Bypass Channel. The work is scheduled to take place from Feb. 28 to March 9.

During that time, the water control gates will need to be partially or fully closed. Closings are anticipated to occur during daylight hours and for a duration not exceeding eight hours per closing. The channel downstream of the structure will experience lower than normal water levels at times. Please make plans to protect your boats and other recreational equipment located within the channel during that time.

Maintenance work on the Inglis Bypass Spillway water control structure will focus on concrete repairs along the service bridge above the two water control gates. Work will include pressure washing, repairing and sealing concrete.

The construction on the Cross Florida Barge Canal project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1965 and 1969 severed the lower Withlacoochee River, thus requiring the construction of the Bypass Channel and Spillway in order to discharge to the remnant stretch of the Withlacoochee River. The Bypass structure was completed in 1970 as part of that project. In 2001, FDEP entered into a contract with the District to operate and maintain the Inglis Dam and Inglis Bypass Spillway.

For additional questions, please call the District at (352) 796-7211.