40B-8.061. Minimum Surfacewater Levels and Flows for the Upper Santa Fe River  


Effective on Monday, December 10, 2007
  • 1The Governing Board hereby establishes the following minimum surfacewater flows. The Governing Board finds that the following minimum surfacewater flows are the limit at which further withdrawals would be significantly harmful to the water resources or ecology.

    38(1) The minimum surfacewater flows for the Santa Fe River Near Graham, FL, gage are the following points on the flow duration curve defined in “Technical Report – MFL Establishment for the Upper Santa Fe River, May 2007”:

    76(77a78) 79171 cubic feet per second (cfs) for a flow duration frequency of five percent;

    93(b) 94109 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 10 percent;

    104(105c106) 10744 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 25 percent;

    117(118d119) 12013 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 50 percent;

    130(131e132) 1332.3 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 75 percent;

    143(144f145) 1460.4 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 90 percent;

    156(157g158) 1590.2 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 95 percent.

    169(2) The minimum surfacewater flows for the Santa Fe River at Worthington Springs, FL, gage are the following points on the flow duration curve defined in “Technical Report – MFL Establishment for the Upper Santa Fe River, May 2007”:

    208(209a210) 2111,513 cfs for a flow duration frequency of five percent;

    222(b) 223935 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 10 percent;

    233(234c235) 236367 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 25 percent;

    246(247d248) 249111 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 50 percent;

    259(e) 26042 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 75 percent;

    270(271f272) 27315 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 90 percent;

    283(284g285) 2869 cfs for a flow duration frequency of 95 percent.

    296Specific Authority 298373.044, 299373.113 300F301S. 302Law Implemented 304373.042, 305373.0421, 306373.103 307F308S. 309History310311New 31212-10-07.

     

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