Water Supply Facilities Work Plans

A Water Supply Facilities Work Plan identifies and plans for the water supply sources and facilities needed to serve existing and new development within a county's or municipality's jurisdiction. Within 18 months of the District adopting or updating a Regional Water Supply Plan, each local government within that region must prepare and adopt a Work Plan that will become part of its comprehensive plan.

The District has the following tools available to assist local governments in developing their Work Plans:

Documents and Guides

• Water Supply Facilities Work Plan Updates SFWMD Technical Assistance Guide [PDF] – The guide is intended to assist local governments in updating their existing Work Plans.
   
• Frequently Asked Questions: How and Why to Update a Water Supply Facilities Work Plan [PDF]
   
• SFWMD Regional Water Supply Plans and Updates:
  • Lower West Coast Water Supply Plan and Appendices
  • Upper East Coast Water Supply Plan and Appendices
  • Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan and Appendices
  • Lower Kissimmee Basin Water Supply Plan
  • Upper Kissimmee Basin (CFWI) Water Supply Plan
     
• Related Work Plan Resources:
  • Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) – Water Supply Planning
  • Southwest Florida Water Management District – Comprehensive Planning
  • St. John’s River Water Management District – Community Planning Pages

Technical Assistance

• District Staff are available to provide technical assistance, to local government staff while Work Plans and comprehensive plan amendments are updated and adopted.

Contacts

• Lower East Coast and Lower Kissimmee Planning Regions and Hendry County
• Submittals of Work Plans and Comprehensive Plans/Plan Amendments for review
  Terry Manning
  (561) 682-6779
  tmanning@sfwmd.gov

• Upper East Coast, Lower West Coast and Upper Kissimmee Basin (CFWI) Planning Regions and Palm Beach County
  Deborah Oblaczynski
  (561) 682-2544
  doblaczy@sfwmd.gov