Partner Investment in St. Johns and Putnam Agriculture Industry Meets Regional Objectives The St. Johns River Water Management District’s (WMD) Governing Board on Aug. 12 approved entering into cost-share agreements under the Tri-County Agricultural Area (TCAA) Water Management Partnership (WMP) that will fund best management practices and projects to control runoff from farms and reduce pollutant loads to the St. Johns River. This action represents a concrete step toward achieving regional policy goals in the Strategic Regional Policy Plan under the objectives of Water Quantity and Water Quality. The projects are anticipated to begin by Sept. 30 and will contribute to the improved health of the river through on-farm and regional water management projects and practices that reduce the movement of nutrients to the river, improve water conservation, and result in more efficient farm management while maintaining the long-term viability of agriculture in the TCAA. The selected projects apply to seven farms in the Region and include two enhanced seepage irrigation (subsurface drip irrigation), one high tunnel growing shelter with drip irrigation and stormwater harvesting, and four fertilizer banders. The projects will be achieved through cost share funding with the District funding $639,220 and the growers contributing a combined total of $441,000. Visit webapub.sjrwmd/agws10/news_release/ for more information or contact Margo Moehring, at [email protected].
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:37:39 +0000
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