Water Resource Value Monitoring for Blue Spring and Blue Spring Run, Volusia County, Florida

摘要

The St. Johns River Water Management District (District) has adopted by rule a minimum flow regime (MFR) for Blue Spring and Blue Spring Run (Blue Spring MFR) in Volusia County, Florida. The Blue Spring MFR will support the protection of the use of Blue Spring as a winter warm-water refuge for the West Indian manatee population and will support the protection of all relevant water resource values (WRVs) in 62-40.473, Florida Administrative Code (FAC). The relevant water resource values include: recreation in and on the water; fish and wildlife habitats and passage of fish; transfer of detrital material; aesthetic and scenic attributes; filtration and absorption of nutrients and other pollutants; sediment loads; and water quality (WSI 2007a). The Blue Spring MFR defines the minimum long-term mean flow in increments until 2024. The minimum long-term mean flow will increase over time. The first increment sets the minimum long-term mean flow at 133 cubic feet per second (cfs) until March 31, 2009.