(1) The department, in cooperation with the relevant water management districts, shall provide grants for projects that benefit the Central Florida Water Initiative Area and that promote alternative water supplies and protect groundwater resources.
(2) In allocating such funds, priority must be given to projects that use reclaimed water, create new surface water storage, enhance natural systems, recharge groundwater, optimize beneficial uses of water, expand water conservation programs, or are able to demonstrate that a significant financial hardship exists as a result of complying with rules applicable to the Central Florida Water Initiative Area.
History.—s. 4, ch. 2021-153.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part I - State Water Resource Plan (Ss. 373.012-373.200)
373.012 - Topographic mapping.
373.016 - Declaration of policy.
373.023 - Scope and application.
373.026 - General powers and duties of the department.
373.033 - Saltwater barrier line.
373.036 - Florida water plan; district water management plans.
373.0363 - Southern Water Use Caution Area Recovery Strategy.
373.037 - Pilot program for alternative water supply development in restricted allocation areas.
373.0397 - Floridan and Biscayne aquifers; designation of prime groundwater recharge areas.
373.042 - Minimum flows and minimum water levels.
373.0421 - Establishment and implementation of minimum flows and minimum water levels.
373.043 - Adoption and enforcement of rules by the department.
373.044 - Rules; enforcement; availability of personnel rules.
373.046 - Interagency agreements.
373.0465 - Central Florida Water Initiative.
373.0466 - Central Florida Water Initiative Grant Program.
373.047 - Cooperation between districts.
373.069 - Creation of water management districts.
373.0693 - Basins; basin boards.
373.0695 - Duties of basin boards; authorized expenditures.
373.0698 - Creation and operation of basin boards; other laws superseded.
373.076 - Vacancies in the governing board; removal from office.
373.079 - Members of governing board; oath of office; staff.
373.083 - General powers and duties of the governing board.
373.084 - District works, operation by other governmental agencies.
373.085 - Use of works or land by other districts or private persons.
373.086 - Providing for district works.
373.087 - District works using aquifer for storage and supply.
373.088 - Application fees for certain real estate transactions.
373.089 - Sale or exchange of lands, or interests or rights in lands.
373.093 - Lease of lands or interest in land and personal property.
373.099 - Execution of instruments.
373.103 - Powers which may be vested in the governing board at the department’s discretion.
373.106 - Permit required for construction involving underground formation.
373.109 - Permit application fees.
373.113 - Adoption of rules by the governing board.
373.1131 - Consolidated action on permits.
373.1135 - Small business program.
373.116 - Procedure for water use and impoundment construction permit applications.
373.117 - Certification by professional engineer.
373.1175 - Signing and sealing by professional geologists.
373.118 - General permits; delegation.
373.119 - Administrative enforcement procedures; orders.
373.129 - Maintenance of actions.
373.136 - Enforcement of regulations and orders.
373.139 - Acquisition of real property.
373.1391 - Management of real property.
373.1401 - Management of lands of water management districts.
373.146 - Publication of notices, process, and papers.
373.149 - Existing districts preserved.
373.1501 - South Florida Water Management District as local sponsor.
373.1502 - Regulation of comprehensive plan project components.
373.1725 - Notice of intent by publication.
373.175 - Declaration of water shortage; emergency orders.
373.185 - Local Florida-friendly landscaping ordinances.
373.187 - Water management district implementation of Florida-friendly landscaping.
373.199 - Florida Forever Water Management District Work Plan.