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October 23, 2006 ISSUE 1138 BIG
THREE DISTRICTS DEVELOP JOINT ACTION PLAN The
St Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) became the first of three districts
October 11 to approve an Action Plan for the Central Florida Coordination Area,
which includes all, or portions of, Orange, Polk, Osceola, Seminole, Lake and
Brevard Counties. The action plan includes regulatory, planning, and modeling
components, and is designed to force public water supply utilities to develop
alternative sources rather than continue to increase groundwater pumping. The
proposed action plan was developed cooperatively by Florida’s three largest
water management districts, which share regulatory authority for water supply
and water consumption in this rapidly developing region. Through statutorily mandated water supply planning efforts, each of the districts have independently determined that traditional groundwater resources are insufficient to meet projected demands. The
action plan will also be discussed for approval by the Southwest Florida Water
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