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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.
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 County; St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD)
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.
The text of the language of the bill is: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA "The project for Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, as amended, is hereby modified and expanded to include the first phase of the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in central and southern Florida as recommended by the ...
South Florida Water Management District [ edit ] Tier 1: Biscayne Bay , Florida Keys , Lake Istokpoga , Lake Okeechobee , Lake Trafford , Lower Charlotte Harbor (incl. Charlotte Harbor , Estero Bay and Caloosahatchee River & Estuary), Loxahatchee River , and St. Lucie Estuary .
Hillsboro Canal at Boca Raton. The Hillsboro Canal is located in the southeastern portion of Florida within the South Florida Water Management District, and for much of its length forms the border between Broward and Palm Beach counties; however, its western end was entirely in Palm Beach County, until being recently annexed to Parkland in Broward County.
A flood insurance rate map (FIRM) is an official map of a community within the United States that displays the floodplains, more explicitly special hazard areas and risk premium zones, as delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [1]
In 2006, the South Florida Water Management District had acquired enough land along the river and in the upper chain of lakes to complete restoration. A 2009 report from the Corps of Engineers went into detail with the issues and plans for the Kissimmee River restoration. [8] The restoration project was completed on July 29, 2021.