How will the District ensure that the increasing minimum flow regime will be met over time?
The District intends to use all available regulatory and water supply planning tools necessary to ensure that the increasing minimum flow regime will be met. The District has already limited the duration of water allocations in recently issued consumptive use permits as needed to ensure that the increasing flow requirements will be met. The District intends to continue this practice in any future agency permitting actions concerning the use of groundwater that affects Blue Spring. In addition, the District has already included conditions on consumptive use permits recently issued, that require the permit holder to plan and develop alternative water supply sources to meet future water supply needs when the allocation expires. These permit conditions serve to put water users on notice that they cannot expect to renew certain groundwater allocations and that they will need to shift to the alternative water supplies currently being planned and developed. The District intends to continue to
