Description: Works of the District are issued for areas in South Florida under the jurisdiction of South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The specific Works of the District (WOD) regulatory program responsibilities include verifying implementation of the BMPs required under the permit, ensuring that the discharge monitoring plans and resulting data are reasonably representative of the permitted basins, and ensuring compliance with WOD permit conditions. The dataset represents all permit layers that apply to Works of the District (WOD) Rules 40E-61 (Lake Okeechobee.Lake Okeechobee Works of the District Permits are issued within the Lake Okeechobee Watershed region of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The District identified Lake Okeechobee as a priority water body threatened by phosphorus pollution. The State Legislature mandated the District to develop a Surface Water Improvement Management plan to reduce the phosphorus loading to the lake. In 1989, the Lake Okeechobee Works of the District Rule was developed as a result of the Surface Water Improvement Management Plan. The rule requires that property owners within the Lake Okeechobee Watershed obtain a Lake Okeechobee Works of the District (WOD) permit. These permits are issued to limit the amount of phosphorus coming from land parcels that drain to Lake Okeechobee. Chapter 40E-61 provides authorization and the requirements for the issuance of these permits. The applications for the WOD permits are reviewed by the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Assessment (LOWA) staff. The Lake Okeechobee Protection Act which was passed by the legislature in 2000, expanded the scope of the Lake Okeechobee Watershed to include the Kissimmee Upper Chain of Lakes and the Lake Istokpoga basins. The WOD rule is currently being revised to include this region and other Works of the District in accordance with sec. 373.085, F.S.
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Copyright Text: SFWMD Geospatial Services. SFWMD shares regulatory responsibilities for managing and protecting regional water resources with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and other state and local governments. Geospatial Services manages and maintains geospatial products and data related to the Regulation business function. Regulation provides oversight over these products.
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