California, the most populous state, has a highly-detailed and structured state water planning process, involving public meetings, task schedules, legislative recommendations, and five-year plan updates. Texas, the second most populous state, has a highly-detailed and structured state water planning process, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Water policy
The water bills being developed by the Florida House and Senate have both good ideas and not-so-good ideas. (Considerably more bad stuff in the House version.) Only the Senate went to the trouble of holding more than a few public meetings … Continue reading
The University of Florida Water Institute released on March 1 their report on “Options to Reduce High Volume Freshwater Flows to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Estuaries and Move More Water from Lake Okeechobee to the Southern Everglades.” Key conclusions: …relief to the … Continue reading
Oh, the hell with Florida water study commissions from 60 years ago! We got nothin’ to learn from ancient history like that! And we don’t care either if the Water Management District Review Commission only 20 years ago had 80 detailed recommendations, most … Continue reading
After a series of meetings around the state, the “Citizens Water Problem Study Committee” delivered their report to Governor Leroy Collins on March 1, 1955. Sixty years ago, their primary “question was “the need for a water law in Florida.” … Continue reading