The amendments provide that the minimum flows established for the Lower Hillsborough River in Chapter 40D-8, F.A.C., simultaneously with this rulemaking, will be achieved by October 1, 2017 through various recovery projects undertaken by the City of Tampa and the District. The projects will augment the flows at the base of the Hillsborough River dam. The projects include using water from Sulphur Springs, Blue Sink, the Tampa Bypass Canal and Morris Bridge Sink. Projects are subject to feasibility analyses and, if implemented, monitoring to determine the effects on the river and river flow. The Governing Board will receive period.