Central FloridaCentral FloridaCoordination AreaCoordination Area

South Florida, St. Johns River South Florida, St. Johns River and Southwest Floridaand Southwest Florida

Water Management DistrictsWater Management Districts

Presentation Overview

• Background

• Central Florida Coordination Action Plan

CentralFloridaCoordinationArea (CFCA)

BackgroundBackground

• SJRWMD proposed issuance of Consumptive Use Permit to Orange County – February 2006

• March 2006 Joint Water Management District Governing Board Meeting– WMDs, DEP & Governor’s Office– Coordination Across WMD Boundaries in

central Florida

BackgroundBackground

• Two cycles of water supply planning completed (2000 – 2020 and 2005 – 2025)– Traditional groundwater sources

limited and not adequate to meet growing PWS demands on a regional basis

– Alternative sources must be developed

BackgroundBackground1st Step - Guiding Principles and Mutual

Understandings among the 3 WMDs

• Significant increases in demands • Insufficient groundwater to satisfy without harm• Need to continuously improve predictive tools

to quantify available groundwater• Need to transition to alternative supplies for

future PWS demands• Need to equitably distribute remaining

groundwater

Central Florida Coordination AreaCentral Florida Coordination Area Action Plan Action Plan

• How to implement Guiding Principles?• 3 WMD’s Developed “Central Florida

Coordination Area (CFCA) Action Plan”– 3 Components:

• Regulatory• Modeling and Predictive Tools• Planning

• Scope – public supply

Regulatory ComponentRegulatory Component

• Limits groundwater allocations to a maximum of that needed to meet 2013 demands.

• For those utilities that commit to building AWS projects to supply water demands beyond 2013, provides opportunity for 20-year permit duration for the 2013 allocation.

Short Term - Key Concepts in current Short Term - Key Concepts in current rulemakingrulemaking

Modeling and ToolsModeling and ToolsComponentComponent

• Goal is to make the best set of tools available for regulatory and planning in the region.

• Develop tools with improved precision for better assessment of impacts due to groundwater uses.

• Organize and coordinate data-sharing that will ensure consistency in application and updating of the tools.

Planning ComponentPlanning Component2006 to 2007 Time Frame2006 to 2007 Time Frame

• Identify:– Future demands– Alternative water supply (AWS) projects to satisfy

needs beyond 2013 demand

• Evaluate combinations of AWS projects to best meet projected demands

• Develop implementation strategies, including funding from Water Protection & Sustainability Program

• Coordinate all of above with stakeholders

Regional Water Supply PlansRegional Water Supply Plans

• Evaluate water needs in the region for a 20-year planning period

• Identify traditional and alternative water supply development projects necessary to meet projected demand

• Identify water resource development projects that support alternative water supply development

Regional Water Supply PlansRegional Water Supply Plans

CFCA Action PlanCFCA Action Plan• Over the short term, this plan will result in:

– Greater regulatory consistency– Equitable distribution of available groundwater – Identification of Alternative Water Supply (AWS)

projects to be built

• Over the long term, this plan will result in:– Enhanced planning coordination– Coordinated data collection, models & tools in the

region– Equitable distribution of any additional groundwater

determined to be available – Implementation of AWS projects to meet future needs

Goals of Action PlanGoals of Action Plan

Protection of water resources

Equitable distribution of available groundwater

Expedited development of AWS projects

Consistent results across WMD boundaries

Central Florida Coordination Area

Potential Funding Sources• Water Resource Protection and

Sustainability Trust Funds• Water Management District Ad

Valorem Taxes• State and Federal Appropriations• WMD Bonding• Matching Requirements