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The District encompasses approximately 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) in all or part of 16 counties in west-central Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties, serving a population of more than 5.5 million people.
In August 2015, Beruff resigned from the Southwest Florida Water Management District board after voting to approve a friend's plan to destroy an acre of wetlands for a development. [10] An administrative law judge recommended against issuing the permit, which allowed developer Pat Neal to remove mangroves and fill wetlands in order to build a ...
The five water management districts in Florida are: Southwest Florida Water Management District nicknamed "Swiftmud" or SWFWMD; South Florida Water Management District nicknamed "Softmud" or SFWMD; Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD) stretching from the St. Marks River Basin in Jefferson County to the Perdido River n Escambia ...
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is a regional governmental district that oversees water resources from Orlando to the Florida Keys.The mission of the SFWMD is to manage and protect water resources by balancing and improving water quality, flood control, natural systems, and water supply, covering 16 counties in Central and Southern Florida.
The Chito Branch Reserve is located in southeastern Hillsborough County, Florida, and is part of the Southwest Florida Water Management District landholdings. It was acquired by the District in 2001, and is 5,515 acres (22.32 km 2). It is located at 11254 Browning Road in Lithia, Florida. The preserve protects a water resorvoir and offers ...
The Tampa Bypass Canal and Palm River [1] [2] are a 14-mile-long (23 km) flood bypass operated by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.The canal includes several concrete flood control structures and was constructed during the 1960s and 1970s.
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The Circle B Bar Reserve is an area of protected lands in Polk County, Florida, United States.Consisting of 1,267 acres (5.13 km 2) near Lakeland, the restored wetlands site is managed by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), which co-owns it with the Southwest Florida Water Management District. [1]