Description: The purpose of this shapefile is to delineate areas currently served by potable water utilities providing public water supply. These distribution areas are general boundaries in which a potable water utility provides service and actively distributes water.This shapefile is primarily based off of the FDOH Water Management Inventory dataset to determine known, likely, or somewhat likely public supply served parcels. Boundaries were further determined based off of best available data including: utility-provided hardcopy maps or shapefiles of varying quality, detail, and readability. Where these were not available District staff developed boundaries by estimating areas served based on pipeline locations, presence of domestic wells, parcel data, street data, aerial imagery, and Florida managed conservation areas. AttributesField NameDescriptionUtilityNamName of utility SystemNameName of system being provided water by UtilityCountyCountyPermitNoConsumptive use permit numberRegionNWFWMD water supply planning regionsWUNameWholesale utility name for purchased waterPWSIDDEP permit numberDateUpdateBoundary update dateStaffUpdatDistrict staff who updated boundaryDataSourceSource of data usedDataTypeType or method of data used
Service Item Id: 14d84c5f87cb4ff5b42f180ccd9068e4
Copyright Text: Last updated July 2019
Contact: Northwest Florida Water Management District, Jesse Gray, 850-539-5999, jesse.gray@nwfwater.com
Description: Water Management Districts in Florida are mandated by the Florida Statutes to ensure adequate supply of water and water resources for all citizens and natural features, provide protection and improvement of natural systems and water quality, and minimize harm to water resources. Water Management Districts have the regulatory authority for well construction, drilling, and abandonment decisions. For permitting and planning purposes Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board has designated areas where water supply and quality are at a disadvantage compared to the current and future demand. In Water Resource Caution Areas special permitting rules apply for withdrawal of water from both ground and surface water resources for consumptive use permitting. These areas include coastal areas of Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties and the upper Telogia Creek drainage basin in Gadsden County (Rule 40A-2.802 Florida Administrative Code). These are areas where fresh water resources are currently experiencing significant shortage of supply or will experience reduction in supply in the future due to natural or man-made causes, e.g. salt water intrusion, mineralization, upcoming of lower quality of water, contamination from human activity etc.(Section 40A-2.801 FAC). Special permitting rules apply for these areas details about which can be found in the RULES OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CHAPTER 40A-2, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE at http://www.nwfwmd.state.fl.us/permits/rules/ch40a2.pdf
Description: Water Management Districts in Florida are mandated by the Florida Statutes to ensure adequate supply of water and water resources for all citizens and natural features, provide protection and improvement of natural systems and water quality, and minimize harm to water resources. Water Management Districts have the regulatory authority for well construction, drilling, and abandonment decisions. For permitting and planning purposes the Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board has designated areas where resource concerns exist related to water availability, water quality, high anticipated growth in demand, or other factors. In Areas of Resource Concern (ARC) special permitting rules apply for withdrawal of water from both ground and surface water resources for consumptive use permitting. These areas include portions of Bay and Gadsden counties delineated on the map contained in Rule 40A-2.902, Florida Administrative Code. Special permitting rules apply for these areas details about which can be found in the RULES OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CHAPTER 40A-2, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ChapterHome.asp?Chapter=40A-2
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