RSS feed on the District Blog is provided http://www.sjrwmd.com Copyright 2010, SJRWMD The city of DeLand has come up with creative and lucrative incentives for homeowners and builders interested in conserving water through the Florida Water Star-SM program. [January 29, 2010] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2010/1001.html#3 Blog Now that it has warmed up a bit (actually a lot), some people are venturing into their yards to get rid of any evidence of our freezes by pruning what appears to be dead vegetation and limbs. The experts are all pretty consistent in agreeing that pruning now can do more harm than good since we still have the potential of more freezes. [January 22, 2010] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2010/1001.html#2 Blog As part of our continued planning for future water supplies, we'll be holding a public meeting Jan. 28 that will be another opportunity for the northeast Florida public to participate in and learn about the water supply planning process. [January 14, 2010] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2010/1001.html#1 Blog The National Research Council (NRC), which the St. Johns River Water Management District engaged to conduct an independent expert review of the study of the potential environmental impacts of St. Johns River withdrawals, on Thursday released its second report on the progress of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study. [December 18, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0912.html#2 Blog The District Governing Board will have its second public workshop on Monday (Dec. 7) to discuss proposed enhancements to current water conservation requirements. The workshop will begin at 1 p.m. at the District's headquarters in Palatka. [December 3, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0912.html#1 Blog If you're looking for some guidance on steps you can take in and outside of your home to save water, you'll want to check out the new tier of our Florida Water Star program that we launched this week. [November 20, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0911.html#5 Blog As part of our work to make information about water resources and the St. Johns River Water Management District's work more accessible and easier to locate, we're in the process of a complete redesign of our Web site. [November 13, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0911.html#4 Blog In a public workshop on Monday, the District's Governing Board, members of the public and water suppliers had lengthy discussions about proposed enhancements to current District water conservation requirements. [November 10, 2009] http://www.sjrwmd.com/blog/archive/2009/0911.html#3 Blog 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