Central Florida Coordination Area

South Florida, St. Johns River and Southwest Florida Water Management Districts

Presentation Overview

• Background • Central Florida Coordination Action Plan

Central Florida Coordination Area (CFCA)

Background

• 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

Background

• 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

Background

1st 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 Area 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 Component

Short Term - Key Concepts in current rulemaking

• 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.

Modeling and Tools Component

• 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 Component

2006 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 Plans

Regional 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

CFCA 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 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