(1) The Legislature finds that the Geneva Freshwater Lens, a single source water supply, is a unique and valuable water resource for the citizens of northeast Seminole County and, in general, to the citizens of this state and that the lens is a precious natural resource system vital to the health and diversity of the regional ecosystem. It is the intent of the Legislature that this resource be protected for future generations of citizens of this state and that the St. Johns River Water Management District implement the laws of this state and administrative rules of the district to that end.
(2) The recharge area of the Geneva Freshwater Lens shall be delineated by rule by the St. Johns River Water Management District, to be based on the 20-foot (NGVD) contour of the recharge area prior to development, using a static line and based on the quadrangle maps referenced in the United States Geological Survey Report titled “Water Resources Investigation 86-4078.”
History.—s. 2, ch. 95-377; s. 4, ch. 2020-144.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXVIII - Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use
Part IV - Management and Storage of Surface Waters (Ss. 373.403-373.468)
373.407 - Determination of qualification for an agricultural-related exemption.
373.409 - Headgates, valves, and measuring devices.
373.413 - Permits for construction or alteration.
373.4131 - Statewide environmental resource permitting rules.
373.4132 - Dry storage facility permitting.
373.4133 - Port conceptual permits.
373.4134 - Water quality enhancement areas.
373.4135 - Mitigation banks and offsite regional mitigation.
373.4136 - Establishment and operation of mitigation banks.
373.4137 - Mitigation requirements for specified transportation projects.
373.4138 - High Speed Rail Project; determination of mitigation requirements and costs.
373.4139 - Local government transportation infrastructure mitigation requirements.
373.414 - Additional criteria for activities in surface waters and wetlands.
373.4141 - Permits; processing.
373.4142 - Water quality within stormwater treatment systems.
373.4143 - Declaration of policy.
373.4144 - Federal environmental permitting.
373.4149 - Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan.
373.41495 - Lake Belt Mitigation Trust Fund; bonds.
373.415 - Protection zones; duties of the St. Johns River Water Management District.
373.416 - Permits for maintenance or operation.
373.418 - Rulemaking; preservation of existing authority.
373.4185 - List of flocculants permitted.
373.421 - Delineation methods; formal determinations.
373.422 - Applications for activities on state sovereignty lands or other state lands.
373.427 - Concurrent permit review.
373.4275 - Review of consolidated orders.
373.428 - Federal consistency.
373.429 - Revocation and modification of permits.
373.430 - Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent.
373.443 - Immunity from liability.
373.451 - Short title; legislative findings and intent.
373.453 - Surface water improvement and management plans and programs.
373.459 - Funds for surface water improvement and management.
373.4591 - Improvements on private agricultural lands.
373.4592 - Everglades improvement and management.
373.45924 - South Florida Water Management District; Everglades truth in borrowing.
373.4593 - Florida Bay Restoration.
373.45931 - Alligator Alley tolls; Everglades and Florida Bay restoration.
373.4595 - Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program.
373.4596 - State compliance with stormwater management programs.
373.4597 - The Geneva Freshwater Lens Protection Act.
373.4598 - Water storage reservoirs.
373.4599 - Water storage north of Lake Okeechobee.
373.461 - Lake Apopka improvement and management.
373.462 - Legislative findings and intent.