Middle St. Johns - Florida Department of Environmental Protection

62 Water Quality Assessment Report: Middle St. Johns
• The removal of the S.R. 46 causeway over Lake Jesup and the elevation
of a new bridge.
• The construction of a 6.4-acre wet detention pond with associated
control structures north of Sand Dollar and the regrading of a
segment of the Navy Canal.
• The construction of a 4-acre wet detention facility for Cameron
Ditch.
• Lake Monroe Planning Unit
• The development of minimum flows and levels for the Middle
St. Johns River near S.R. 44 in Volusia County.
• Master plans for several watersheds, including the Midway, Sanford,
and Lake Monroe watersheds.
• The development of a Watershed Management Plan for the city of
Deltona.
• The development and implementation of a flood forecast system for
the southern portion of the Middle St. Johns Basin, especially the
Lake Monroe watershed.
• Remediation projects to improve surface water quality and quantity
and solve flooding problems.
• The installation of a water quality baffle box and improvements to
the secondary drainage system at Cameron Avenue.
• The design and construction of a retention pond, the replacement
and upsizing of several culverts and cross-drains, and regrading and
sodding of some of the ditches in the Brisson Avenue drainage area.
• In the First Drive area, the design and construction of a retention
pond/sedimentation basin, the upsizing of several cross-drains, and
regrading and sodding some of the ditches.
• The construction of a 20-acre regional stormwater retention pond
serving the Celery Avenue area.
• Lake Woodruff Planning Unit
• Through Volusia Forever, land acquisition for water resource protection
and recreation, including source water (drinking) protection.
• Through Volusia County ECHO, environmental, cultural, historic,
and outdoor recreation capital improvement and restoration projects.
• Wekiva River Planning Unit
• In the Little Wekiva watershed, the development of a master plan for
erosion control and projects to address bed and bank stabilization
and sediment removal.
• The restoration of part of the Little Wekiva River’s stream channel
and the removal of 1,700 linear feet of pipe used to channel the river
during the 1970s.