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To provide information on the Works of the District permits that are issued within the Lake Okeechobee Watershed. |
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To provide information on the Works of the District permits that are issued within the Lake Okeechobee Watershed. |
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SFWMD, Regulation: 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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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Lake Okeechobee Works of the District Permits. </SPAN><SPAN>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.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="font-size:16ptmargin:7 0 7 0;"><SPAN>This dataset is made available to the public in response to the Florida Public Records Law, Florida Statutes, Chapter 119. Any information, including but not limited to software and data, received from the South Florida Water Management District ("DISTRICT") is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, and the District expressly disclaims all express and implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the results and performance of any information obtained from the District is entirely assumed by the recipient.</SPAN></P></DIV> |
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