North Florida Regional Water Supply Planning Area

Ensuring sustainable water supplies and protecting north Florida’s waterways and natural systems is a collaborative effort among the water management districts, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), local elected officials and area stakeholders. Water managers have enhanced communications and improved coordination of programs to protect the shared resources of the Floridan aquifer system. Specifically, the water management districts are working closely together on regulatory programs in north Florida, sharing data and technology, developing joint water resource protection strategies, and focusing more attention on communication with stakeholders across district boundaries. In May 2015, the St. Johns River and Suwannee River water management districts and DEP amended the agreement that formalizes the coordination of water resource management in north Florida. Working together and exchanging scientific data and factual information is critical to an efficient, productive and successful effort. The North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership seeks to do this in an open, public process involving both water management districts, DEP, local governments, concerned residents and other stakeholders throughout the region.保障北佛罗里达州的可持续供水，保护其河道与自然生态系统，是水务管理区、佛罗里达州环境保护署（Florida Department of Environmental Protection，DEP）、民选地方官员及区域利益相关方共同开展的协同工作。水务管理者已强化沟通机制、优化项目协调，以保护佛罗里达含水层系统的共享水资源。具体而言，各水务管理区正围绕北佛罗里达州的监管项目深化协作，共享数据与技术，联合制定水资源保护策略，并更加注重与跨辖区利益相关方的沟通联动。2015年5月，圣约翰河与萨旺尼河水务管理区及DEP修订了一项协议，正式确立北佛罗里达州水资源管理的协同框架。携手协作、共享科学数据与真实信息，是实现高效、务实且富有成效工作的关键所在。北佛罗里达区域供水伙伴关系（North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership）旨在通过开放透明的公共流程推进此项工作，参与方涵盖各水务管理区、DEP、地方政府、关切区域发展的居民及区域内其他利益相关方。