Projects – SJRWMD

Projects

The St. Johns River Water Management District implements a wide variety of projects — many with partners — aimed at protecting water supplies, improving water quality and restoring natural systems, as well as providing flood protection in an 18-county jurisdiction in northeast and east-central Florida.
The projects described on this page — undertaken to fulfill its core missions — are broken into District-led restoration and construction projects, and Districtwide and agricultural cost-share projects.
Map of the Canal 1 project area

C-10 Water Management Area Project

The C-10 Water Management Area (WMA) is planned as part of the work of the St. Johns River Water Management District in the Upper St. Johns River Basin to help improve water quality in the Indian River Lagoon.

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Pipes layed down near Doctor's lake

Doctors Lake Project

Located in Clay County adjacent to the west bank of the St. Johns River, the Doctors Lake Basin covers approximately 23 square miles. The basin’s former agricultural and forested lands now support medium and high-density residential areas and commercial properties.

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aerial image of Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area 5 peat removal process

Emeralda Marsh Project

The Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area (EMCA) is made up of seven wetland marsh areas. Beginning in the 1940s, the marshes were drained, and the exposed muck soils were used for row-crop agriculture and cattle grazing.

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Aerial view of the Water Resource Development project

Black Creek Project

The primary goal of the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project is to increase recharge to the Upper Floridan aquifer in northeast Florida using excess flow from Black Creek, in Clay County.

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Lake Apopka Project

Lake Apopka is the headwaters of the Ocklawaha Chain of Lakes. The District and partners have worked since the 1980s to improve the lake’s water quality and habitat, achieving significant improvements.

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Purple water pipe

Cost-share Projects

The District collaborates extensively with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), our local governments and private sector partners. Through joint efforts, we undertake projects aimed at enhancing the water resources crucial to our communities.

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