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State-level Role With Regard to Water Supply Planning

**C-2. There should be more focus on water supply and water
resource development than currently exists in state-level
planning (NOT HANDS-ON INVOLVEMENT, BUT GUIDANCE).

C-3. Water supply and water resource development should be
addressed more adequately in Florida Water Plan (FWP) and State
Water Policy (SWP) rule.


Regional Water Supply Planning

C-4. Lack of water -upply planning for water supply and water
resource development is not the primary problem, lack of plan
implementation is the problem.

C-5a. There is a need for consisteney in regional water supply
planning, needs and oourc asosesments, with regard for regional
variations. While there is a need to allow for regional
variations, there is a need for consistency by the water
management districts in developing their regional water supply
plans and needs and sources assessments.

C-7b. To identify water resource development projects.

C-7bc

C-7ed


Relationship Between Local Government Comprehensive Plans (LGCPs)
and RWSPs

*"general sanitary sewer, solid waste, drainage, potable water,
and natural greundaee groundwater aquifer recharge element"


Minimum Flows and Levels

**C-23. MFLS should be integrated into District Water Management
Plans (IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR MFLS_ AND FGR
WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT AND WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT).


Potential Recommendations for Further Discussion

**D-12. Where, at the time of itC eCtablishment, a MFL is
already below the limit at which it is established and the
rEeourcz is recoverable, the WMD shall immediately take action to
develop or implement an exioting regional water supply plan to
achieve recovery of the ectabliched minimum flow or level as soon
as practicable and provide adequate water ouppli c for all
existing and projctcd reasonable -benCficial uses. Tho plan










Call contain r.a.onable short-tCrm and long-term masuro. and- a
rcasonablc timotablc for achieving rccovcry and for dcvcloping
adequate water supplies.

(SUBJECT TO REVISION PRIOR TO THE 1-10 MEETING).

If, at the time a MFL is established, the water level
is below the MFL, the WMD shall immediately take action to
develop and implement a regional water supply plan to achieve
recovery of the MFL. In the absence of irreparable, significant
or permanent harm to the water resources, the plan to achieve
recovery shall include a timetable that will allow the
development of new supplies to replace the reductions brought
about by the establishment of the MFL.