Southwest Florida Water Management District

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The Southwest Florida Water Management District is a regional government agency in Florida responsible for managing water resources, flood protection, and environmental conservation across a large portion of the state’s west-central region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf regional government agency ⓘ
special district ⓘ
water management district ⓘ
abbreviation SWFWMD ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Swiftmud ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction groundwater resources ⓘ
surface water resources ⓘ
boardMembersAppointedBy Governor of Florida ⓘ
boardMembersConfirmedBy Florida Senate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
foundedBy Florida Legislature ⓘ
fundedBy ad valorem property taxes ⓘ
federal grants ⓘ
permit fees ⓘ
state appropriations ⓘ
governingBody Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Charlotte County, Florida ⓘ
Citrus County, Florida ⓘ
DeSoto County, Florida ⓘ
Hardee County, Florida ⓘ
Hernando County, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Hernando County

Highlands County, Florida ⓘ
Hillsborough County, Florida ⓘ
Lake County, Florida ⓘ
Levy County, Florida ⓘ
Manatee County, Florida ⓘ
Marion County, Florida ⓘ
Pasco County, Florida ⓘ
Pinellas County, Florida ⓘ
Polk County, Florida ⓘ
Sarasota County, Florida ⓘ
Sumter County, Florida ⓘ
Tampa Bay region ⓘ
linked to: Tampa Bay area

all or parts of 16 counties ⓘ
approximately 10,000 square miles ⓘ
west-central Florida ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility environmental conservation ⓘ
environmental resource permitting ⓘ
flood protection ⓘ
floodplain management planning ⓘ
land acquisition for conservation ⓘ
natural systems protection ⓘ
operation of water control structures ⓘ
public education on water resources ⓘ
stormwater management ⓘ
water quality management ⓘ
water supply management ⓘ
water use permitting ⓘ
watershed management ⓘ
hasProgram cooperative funding initiatives with local governments ⓘ
environmental restoration projects ⓘ
flood hazard mapping and mitigation ⓘ
land management and recreation on district lands ⓘ
minimum flows and levels establishment ⓘ
water conservation programs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brooksville, Florida ⓘ
inception 1961 ⓘ
legalBasis Chapter 373, Florida Statutes ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Hernando County, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Hernando County
numberOfBoardMembers 13 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
operatesInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
partOf Florida water management district system ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
website https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/ ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsala Apopka Lake chain → managementBy → Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
Florida water management districts → hasPart → Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
Peace River (Florida) → managedBy → Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
Florida Water Resources Act of 1972 → implementedBy → Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
Southwest Florida Water Management District → abbreviation → SWFWMD ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Florida Water Management District
Southwest Florida Water Management District → governingBody → Governing Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Florida Water Management District
Suwannee River Water Management District area → borderedBy → Southwest Florida Water Management District area ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Florida Water Management District