LIVE OAK, Fla. – Almost everyone attending a Suwannee County GOP town hall on Feb. 5 again opposed a plan to recharge the Floridan aquifer with treated Jacksonville wastewater.
Despite their concerns, the Suwannee River Water Management District approved the plan in November of 2025 to address potable water issues, citing ongoing droughts and low water levels in the Santa Fe and Itchetucknee rivers as threats to North Central Florida’s water usage.
The District is supporting a project from Water First North Florida, according to the district’s communication and outreach manager Troy Roberts. The project will carry wastewater from Jacksonville, almost 90 miles east of Suwannee, through a pipe to be treated in facilities and natural wetlands before being sent into the aquifer…