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State Water Resource Plan (Florida Statutes: Title XXVIII Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use; Chapter 373 Water Resources; Part I; ss. 373.012-373.200)

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Florida
Type du document
Législation
Date
1941 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Utilisation durable Pollution des eaux douces Gestion des resources en eau douce Eaux souterraines Lutte contre la pollution Prélèvement d'eau Zone de conservation des eaux Normes de qualité de l'eau Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Insuffisance d'eau/sécheresse Approvisionnement en eau Ouvrages Inondation Risques Drainage/assèchement Préservation de l'écosystème Protection de l’environnement Eau à usage récréatif Eaux continentales Navigation Aire protégée Port Santé publique Gouvernance Invasion d'eau salée/ensablement Politique/planification Collectivité locale Institution Bassin/captage/bassin versant Institution de bassin Questions de procédures Royalties/redevances Taxe/impôt Droits de propriété Redevances pour les eaux Autorisation/permis Responsabilité/indemnisation Renforcement des capacités Zonage Droits traditionnels/droits coutumiers Législation de base Planification environnementale Peuples autochtones Infractions/sanctions Accord sous-national Eaux superficielles Restrictions à l'utilisation
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

This Part of Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes (the Chapter 373 being known as the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972) concerns state water resource planning. The Act declares that the Department of Environmental Protection and the governing board of a water management district must take into account cumulative impacts on water resources and manage those resources in a manner to ensure their sustainability. The Act further declares to be the policy to provide for the management of water and related land resources; to promote the conservation, replenishment, recapture, enhancement, development, and proper utilization of surface and groundwater; to develop and regulate dams, impoundments, reservoirs, and other works and to provide water storage for beneficial purposes; to promote the availability of sufficient water for all existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses and natural systems; to prevent damage from floods, soil erosion, and excessive drainage; to minimize degradation of water resources caused by the discharge of stormwater; to preserve natural resources, fish, and wildlife; to promote recreational development, protect public lands, and assist in maintaining the navigability of rivers and harbors; and otherwise to promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the state of Florida. To achieve these purposes, the Act provides for general powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; establishing saltwater barrier line against the saltwater intrusion; Florida water plan, and district water management plans; Southern Water Use Caution Area Recovery Strategy; pilot program for alternative water supply development in restricted allocation areas; Floridan and Biscayne aquifers, and designation of prime groundwater recharge areas; minimum flows and minimum water levels; establishment and implementation of minimum flows and minimum water levels; state agencies, counties, drainage districts, municipalities, or governmental agencies or public corporations authorized to convey or receive land from water management districts; creation of water management districts; basins and basin boards; duties of basin boards, and authorized expenditures; basin taxes; creation and operation of basin boards; district works using aquifer for storage and supply; sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights in lands; lease of lands or interest in land and personal property; permit required for construction involving underground formation; Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission; procedure for water use and impoundment construction permit applications; limitation on liability of water management district with respect to areas made available to the public for recreational purposes without charge; information program regarding hydrologic conditioning and consumption of major surface and groundwater sources; declaration of water shortage, and emergency orders; local Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances; water management district implementation of Florida-friendly landscaping; Florida Forever Water Management District Work Plan; and Seminole Tribe Water Rights Compact.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.flsenate.gov