Future Waste Disposal Haunts Water Users in Destin
Destin Water Users official Terry Watkins says new sewage plants and expansions strain land and raise disposal challenges. Potential options include deep well injection and a pipe under Choctawhatchee Bay, but costs and regulatory hurdles loom. DWU adds capacity with a 3.7 million gallon per day plant and eyes wells on Eglin Air Force Base to guard against shortages and contamination.
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Watkins
Kiwanis
Pere Ponds
Destin
Choctawhatchee Bay
Eglin Air Force Base
Destin Water Users Win Five Year Water Permit
The Destin Water Users received a five year consumptive use permit from the Northwest Florida Water Management District allowing an average 2,400,000 gallons per day with a potential maximum of 4,150,000 GPD. The five year term keeps DWU within Floridan aquifer limits amid concerns of excessive drawdown and saltwater intrusion. Regulators will review DWU wells again in five years and assess future wells to ensure continued supply.
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Ingrid Kreis
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Nwfwmd
DWU
Fern Recio
Ned McNab
McNab
Recio
Destin
Water Management District
Destin DWU Opens 1-Million GPD Sewage Plant Expansion
Destin Water Users went on line last week with a new one-million gallon per day sewage plant expansion increasing total capacity to 3.7 million gallons daily at the Airport Road facilities without problems.
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DWU
Airport Road
Watkins
State Department of Environmental Regulation
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Jim Chitwood
Destin Peninsula
Terry Watkins
Destin Kiwanis Club
Kenneth Elrod
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Ethan Allen
Labor Day Sale
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Ethan Allen Gallery
Mary Esther
Fort Walton Beach
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