Water Quantity Threats – Water Transfers (under WMDs)

Another Taxpayer Boondoggle

April 13, 2024 State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

This appears to be another taxpayer boondoggle dreamed up by state so-called water protectors who have too much time on their hands. It sounds much like a “rob Peter to pay Paul” scheme. These […]

Glossing Over Negative Impacts

February 19, 2024 Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

The original plan of this water transfer spoke of taking water from Black Creek only during flood periods when there was too much water in the creek. Lately that has not been mentioned and they […]

Taxpayer Boondoggle Continues.

January 21, 2024 Environmental Threats - Development, Environmental Threats - Pipelines, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

This huge waste of taxpayer money continues on and on. Water levels in some Keystone lakes fell when the JAE began drawing out huge amounts of water from the aquifer. This resulted in a […]

Still a Bad Idea

June 18, 2023 State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

Water transfers rarely work, even less than mitigations, and usually have negative consequences somewhere. The idea here is analogous to those uninformed individuals who say that we might as well bottle water from Ginnie Springs […]

Fools Persist, No End of Dumb Ideas

August 31, 2022 Federal Government Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

As climate change brings new weather patterns and phenomena, water surpluses and scarcity will result in panic and frantic activity brought on by denial and inaction begun decades ago. It may also bring on bad […]

Trying to Trick Mother Nature

July 15, 2022 Other Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs), Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs) 2 Comments

We have posted multiple times on this ill-conceived project. We say ill-conceived because water that is moved from point A to point B, will be missed at point A. We explain the simple cause of […]

Protect Ichetucknee Springs For Generations to Come

December 26, 2021 State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs), Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

As Nathan Crabbe points out in the article below, it is crystal clear that the State of Florida has no intention of restoring our springs. Their projections are mere fantasy which makes them a laughingstock […]

Promote water conservation before building pricey pipelines

November 2, 2021 Environmental Threats, Environmental Threats - Pipelines, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Water Transfers (under WMDs), Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs) Leave a Comment

Most water advocates and independent scientists agree that water transfers are generally not a good idea, and almost always have negative consequences somewhere. We have posted multiple times about the Black Creek project. The obvious […]

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