This Chapter sets forth the regulatory portions of the recovery or prevention strategies to achieve or protect, as applicable, the Minimum Flows and Levels established for rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers in Fl. Admin. Code Chapter 40D-8, as required by Florida Statutes § 373.0421(2), (1997). The complete prevention or recovery strategy for a given area will be set forth in the District Water Management Plan. The complete prevention or recovery strategy may include, but not be limited to, water resource supply and development projects and funding assistance, environmental restoration projects, conservation programs and water shortage plans. In areas where existing flows or levels are below, or projected to fall within 20 years below, the applicable Minimum Flow or Level, the District is expeditiously implementing a prevention or recovery strategy for those waters with the intent to prevent water flows and levels from falling below, or to achieve recovery to the established Minimum Flow or Level as soon as practicable, whichever is applicable. This chapter comprises a portion of that strategy.
Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.113, 373.171 FS. Law Implemented 373.042, 373.0421, 373.171 FS. History-New 8-3-00.