Florida Water Plan
The Florida Water Plan (FWP) is the Department of
Environmental Protection’s (DEP) principal planning tool for long-term
protection of Florida’s water resources. It is developed pursuant to
Section 373.036, Florida Statutes, which requires that it specifically
include:
- The programs and activities of the Department
related to water supply, water quality, natural systems, flood
protection, and floodplain management.
- The water quality standards of the Department.
- The District Water Management Plans (including
regional water supply plans) of the five regional water management
districts.
- The Water Resource Implementation Rule (Ch.
62-40, F.A.C.).
The plan is intended to help DEP, especially the
Divisions of Water and the six DEP regulatory
districts, focus on the highest water resource protection priorities,
organize its own water management responsibilities, and build water
management partnerships. It identifies significant water resource
management priorities facing the state and sets forth strategies and
actions for addressing them. Specifically, the Plan:
- Identifies what DEP regards as the priority water
issues.
- States DEP’s main strategies for addressing the
priority issues.
- Focuses on accountability and performance
measures.
- Emphasizes the use of watershed management to
achieve the DEP’s water resource protection goals, and aids in the
statewide development and coordination the watershed management
approach.
- Emphasizes the best use of current information
technology to set priorities, assess effectiveness, and improve public
access to data pertaining to protection activities identified in the
plan.
- Seeks to strengthen partnerships with the water
management districts and other parties.
Each year the Department reports on the progress of
the specific action steps provided in the FWP, and other performance
measures found in the plan. Typically the performance measures either
evaluate environmental health or track the accomplishment of specific
tasks.
FWP documents
Additional Publications – Available upon
request. Please contact
Lanedra Rogers.
- Florida Water Plan, 1995
- Annual Progress Reports, Florida Water Plan,
1996-1999
Last updated:
November 03, 2008
