RSS feed on the District Blog is provided http://www.sjrwmd.com Copyright 2009, SJRWMD The District Governing Board will have a public workshop on Monday (Nov. 9) to discuss proposed enhancements to current District water conservation requirements. The workshop will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the District's headquarters in Palatka. [November 6, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0911.html#2 Blog We're about a week into the new one-day-a-week schedule for watering restrictions, and since we've received some questions over the past week with common threads, I'm going to use this space this week as a watering restrictions Q and A. [November 4, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0911.html#1 Blog With the upcoming change on Sunday to Eastern Standard Time comes a change in the days allowed for lawn and landscape irrigation. Between Sunday (Nov. 1) and March 14, 2010, irrigation throughout the region within the St. Johns River Water Management District is limited to no more than one day a week. [October 30, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0910.html#3 Blog A new feature added to the District's Web site will make reserving group campsites on thousands of acres of public land in central and northeast Florida easier. The online reservation system, which can be accessed at the bottom of our camping Web page allows 24-hour reservation access to 18 group campsites. [October 9, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0910.html#2 Blog I was fortunate last week to be able to observe the two-day symposium in Gainesville on the study that's looking at the potential effects of river water withdrawals on the St. Johns River. [October 1, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0910.html#1 Blog After many months of evaluation, discussion and debate, District Executive Director Kirby Green this morning approved a five-year permit for Niagara Bottling in Lake County to manufacture plastic water bottles and to purify groundwater for bottled drinking water. [September 25, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0909.html#5 Blog The District Governing Board tonight approved a budget for the new fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that reflects a 23.8 percent reduction from the current year's budget. [September 22, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0909.html#4 Blog In the next week and beyond, you'll have numerous opportunities to learn more about and become involved in District programs and projects. [September 18, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0909.html#3 Blog The District has several water resource workshops and trainings (all are free) coming up that may be of interest to you. [September 11, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0909.html#2 Blog The Florida Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday (Sept. 3) issued a health alert as a result of elevated concentrations of algal toxins in a water sample taken from the St. Johns River in northeast Florida. [September 4, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0909.html#1 Blog