BY DAN HILDEBRAN
A director for the St. Johns River Water Management District said the district is now pumping water into Alligator Creek from the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project.
Dale Jenkins, the district’s director of infrastructure and land resources, said during the district’s December 9 meeting that rain over the weekend of December 6 and 7 pushed the flow of the creek’s south prong above 25 cubic feet per second, allowing the district to make withdrawals from the stream.
“I’m happy to report that right now, we’re pumping at about two and a half million gallons per day, and it’s going out through the outfall into Alligator Creek,” he said. “We have surface water monitoring downstream at our first compliance point, and so far, that looks good. We’ll continue to pump water, treat it, and put it into Alligator Creek as long as we are above the 25 cubic feet per second threshold.”
Jenkins also reported progress on the treatment facility at Camp Blanding. He said that with four out of six cells complete, Cell 6 is 30% complete, and Cell 5 is not far behind.
The director added that workers recently made improvements to the outflow structure leading into Alligator Creek to reduce erosion.
