Water management districts are created by section 373.069(1), Florida Statutes. They are responsible for conserving, protecting, managing, and controlling water resources within its geographic boundaries. See § 373.069(2)(a), Fla. Statutes.
Our state water managers just gave their blessing on Nestle to produce up to six thousand plastic bottles per minute at the Ginnie Springs bottling plant. Nestle is that company that uses up our […]
Hurricane Irma left its destruction in Columbia County, and for the most part, those in charge were able to deal with it. Some affected by the record- breaking flood waters of the Santa Fe, however, […]
A happy day when we can report good news for our rivers and springs. Such was today when Suwannee River Water Management District, working with Columbia County and Lake City, formally finished the Ichetucknee Springshed […]
On April 29, 2015 at 06:56PM, Tom at Watery Foundation published the following article: Richard V. Reeves at the Brookings Institution argues for more consideration of “policy commitment devices.” This kind of governmental structure can “commit […]
Today Tom asks the question “Shouldn’t every Floridian be allowed to contribute to changes in state government water policy?” Indeed, we think so, and that is why OSFR is present at most water management […]
On August 24, 2014 at 03:51PM, Tom at Watery Foundation published the following article: I try to avoid generic water sermonizing. For one thing, it doesn’t go over well. For another, most of the water […]
On July 09, 2014 at 04:19PM, Tom at Watery Foundation published the following article: It would require a whole article to explain why the system of “independent scientific peer review” for establishing minimum flows and levels […]
The Santa Fe River at Three Rivers Estates remains above flood stage as area rivers continue to recover from heavy rains last month. No-wake restrictions remain on parts of the Suwannee and Santa Fe.
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