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• About the District
• Governing Board
• News, meetings and notices
• Permitting
• Water conservation
• Water supply
• Water bodies, watersheds and storm water
• Online tools, GIS, data
• Local governments
• Jobs and volunteers
• Recreation and land
• Teachers and students
• Publications and videos
• Finance and procurement
• Contact us
• Site support

About the District

• Executive Director’s message
• Overview and mission
  • Notice of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Commitment to the environment
• District FAQs
• Maps
  • Map of Florida’s five water management districts
  • Map of the St. Johns District
  • Map of the District’s major watersheds
• District organization
  • District organization chart
  • Statement of agency organization and operation
  • Operating agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Departments, divisions and offices
    • Executive Office
      • Office of Budget and Management Reporting
      • Office of Communications and Governmental Affairs
      • Office of General Counsel
      • Office of Human Resources
      • Office of Inspector General
      • External Ombudsman
    • Department of Finance and Administration
    • Department of Information Resources
    • Department of Operations and Land Resources
    • Department of Resource Management
    • Department of Water Resources
  • District leadership
    • Kirby B. Green III, Executive Director
    • David Fisk, Assistant Executive Director
    • Michael Slayton, Deputy Executive Director
    • Kathryn Mennella, Director, Office of General Counsel
    • Robert Christianson, Director, Department of Operations and Land Resources
    • Jeff Elledge, Director, Department of Water Resources
    • Hal Wilkening, Director, Department of Resource Management
    • Peggy White, Director, Department of Information Resources
    • Ann B. Meuse, Director, Department of Finance and Administration
    • Jeff Cole, Director, Office of Communications and Governmental Affairs
    • Robin Hudson, Director, Office of Human Resources
    • Victoria Kroger, Director, Office of Budget and Management Reporting
    • Tim Boyer, Inspector General
• Speakers bureau
• District budget
• Cost-sharing and cooperative funding and grants
  • Indian River Lagoon cost-sharing program
  • Water conservation cost-sharing program
    • Projects approved by the District’s Governing Board on April 13, 2010
    • Projects approved by the District’s Governing Board on Aug. 10, 2010
  • Water Protection and Sustainability Program (WPSP)
• Plans
  • District Water Management Plan
  • District Water Supply Plan
  • Five-year Capital Improvement Plan
  • Florida Forever Work Plan
  • Five-Year Land Acquisition Plan map (2009 Acquisition Map)
  • Land management plans
  • Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) Update 2008
  • Lake Apopka Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan (2003)
  • Lower St. Johns River Basin Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan Update (2008)
  • Middle St. Johns River Basin Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan (2002)
  • Northern Coastal Basin Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan (2003)
  • Upper Ocklawaha River Basin Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan (1995)
  • Indian River Lagoon Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan Update (2002)
• Public records policy
• District awards
• History of the District and water management in Florida
  • Water management in the 1800s
  • Water management in the 1900s: 1900 through 1949
  • Water management in the 1900s: 1950 through 1969
  • Water management in the 1900s: 1970 through 1999
  • Water management in the 2000s: 2000 through 2005
  • Water management in the 2000s: 2006 through 2009
  • Water management in the 2000s: 2010 and beyond
  • Bibliography
• Temas españoles
  • Mapa del Distrito de Administración del Agua del Río St. Johns
  • Misión del Distrito de Administración del Agua del Río St. Johns
  • Conservación del agua
    • Ahorro de agua en los exteriores de la vivienda
    • Ahorre agua en los interiores de su vivienda
  • Acuíferos de Florida: Nuestro más preciado recurso hídrico

Governing Board

• Meet our Governing Board
• Board representation
• Board meeting dates and agendas
  • Meeting calendar and this year’s meeting agendas
  • Agendas from previous years
  • Printable board folders
• Board committees
• Archive of former Board members

News, meetings and notices

• News media
  • News releases
  • Media contact information
• District blog
• Get the facts
  • Matanzas River Basin: Petition to designate Outstanding Florida Waters
  • Planning for future water needs in northeast Florida
  • Nutrient water quality standards in Florida
  • Little Big Sturgeon Farm permit application
  • National Research Council releases second report on river study
  • Niagara Bottling permit
  • St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
  • Seminole County permit for St. Johns River withdrawal
    • District response to alleged violations of the Sunshine Law
  • Seminole County consolidated consumptive use permit
  • Fourth Addendum amends District Water Supply Plan 2005
  • Invasive jellyfish: What they are and how to report sightings
  • May 2009 rainfall’s impact on water resources
  • Flooding and storm resources and information
  • Georgia-Pacific pipeline
• RSS feeds
• Meetings
  • Governing Board meetings
  • Permitting public meetings
  • Water supply planning meetings
  • Recreational public meetings
• Announcements
  • Temporary website outages
  • Office closures
  • Land closures
  • Flooding information
  • News and notices from other agencies and groups
• District newsletters
  • StreamLines
  • Indian River Lagoon Update
  • WaterWatch (news for local governments)

Permitting

• Public participation
  • Permitting public meetings
• Apply for a permit or submit compliance data
  • Sign in to existing account
  • Create an account
• Find permits and applications
  • Application/permit number
  • Contractor
  • County
  • GIS permit search tool
  • Legacy permit number
  • Mitigation bank search tool
  • Pending applications
  • Permit type
  • Project contacts
  • Project name
  • Section, township, range
  • Well completion reports
  • Other water management districts
• Permit application notices
  • ERP notices
  • CUP notices
• Sign up to receive permit application notices
  • Sign in to existing account
  • Create an account
• Rules and permit conditions
  • Permitting rules
  • Environmental resource permit conditions
  • Environmental resource permit and stormwater special conditions
  • Rules in development
    • Permitting rule development
  • Extension of environmental resource permits
• Handbooks, forms, fees, final orders
  • Consumptive use permit (CUP) handbook
  • Management and Storage of Surface Waters (MSSW) handbook
  • Regulation of Stormwater Management Systems handbook
  • Agricultural Surface Water Management Systems handbook
  • Forms
  • Permit application fees
  • Public records distribution policy and associated fees
  • Final orders
• Permitting contacts
• Help and online resources
  • Support and FAQs
  • What’s new in online application process
  • Quick reference guide
  • Training requests for submitting permit applications
  • Statement of agency organization and operation
  • Extension of environmental resource permits (SB 1752)

Water conservation

• Watering restrictions
  • Districtwide watering restrictions
  • Watering restrictions FAQs
  • Local governments with ordinances implementing the watering restrictions
  • Model ordinance for local governments
    • Word file
    • PDF file
  • Rule
  • Standard general consumptive use permit application form for landscape irrigation
• Saving water indoors
  • Leak detection
  • Toilets
  • Showers and baths
  • Faucets
  • Laundry and dishwashing
  • Additional tips for saving water indoors
• Saving water outdoors
  • Irrigation schedule
  • Irrigation hours
  • Irrigation amounts
  • Irrigation methods
  • Micro irrigation, the basics
  • Lawn maintenance
  • Additional tips for saving water outdoors
• Waterwise landscaping
  • Planting for efficient water use
  • A landscape example
  • Search for plants and photos
  • Glossary
  • Florida-friendly landscaping^TM
• Interactive home water use survey
• Florida Water Star^SM
  • About the program
    • Incentives and mandates list
  • Program criteria
    • Residential criteria
    • Commercial criteria
    • Community criteria
  • Events and news
  • Contacts
    • Florida Water Star^SM contacts
    • Certifiers
    • Builders
    • Partners
    • Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
    • The Florida Green Building Coalition
  • Resources
    • e-Certification (online tool for submitting a Florida Water Star^SM report)
    • Landscaping resources
    • Irrigation resources
    • Indoor resources
    • WaterSense® (USEPA)
    • Green Building Report (USEPA)
• Water conservation cost-share program
• Water conservation partners
• Low impact development
• Reclaimed water
• Conserve Florida
• Helpful links

Water supply

• Water supply planning
  • Water supply plans and assessments
  • Implementation of Senate bills 360 and 444
  • Water supply entity required response form
  • Form for Annual Water Supply Project Progress Report
  • Water supply upcoming meetings
  • Central Florida Coordination Area
• St. Johns River as a drinking water source
  • FAQs
  • Meetings
  • St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
    • St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study interim report
    • National Research Council releases second report on river study
    • Technical symposium
    • Key personnel
      • Key District personnel
• Coquina Coast Seawater Desalination Project
• St. Johns River/Taylor Creek Reservoir water supply project
• Minimum flows and levels
  • Fluctuating lake levels
  • Priority list and schedule
  • Peer review documents
  • Blue Spring, Volusia County: Minimum Flow Regime
    • FAQs
• Water use data management
• Groundwater resource assessment
  • Groundwater modeling
  • Groundwater recharge
  • Groundwater monitoring networks
  • Hydrogeologic Information System
• Abandoned artesian well plugging
  • Abandoned artesian well plugging cost-share program
• Water Resource Development Work Program
  • 2009 document
  • 2008 document

Water bodies, watersheds and storm water

• The St. Johns River
  • Facts about the St. Johns River
  • Fragile ecology
  • Water quality
  • Tour of the St. Johns River
• Basins
  • Lower St. Johns River Basin
  • Middle St. Johns River Basin
    • Deep Creek
    • Econlockhatchee River
    • Lake Jesup
    • Lake Monroe
    • Wekiva River
      • Little Wekiva River
  • Upper St. Johns River Basin
  • Indian River Lagoon
    • The lagoon and you
      • Lagoon program director’s message
        • Lagoon program director’s message archive
          • June 2009
          • July 2009
          • September 2009
          • December 2009
      • Indian River Lagoon license plate
    • Publications
    • Kids
      • Snooks’ Cove
      • Indian River Lagoon activity book
      • Indian River Lagoon coloring book
    • Restoration
      • Indian River Lagoon — The health and future of this Estuary of National Significance
    • Links
  • Keystone Heights area lakes
  • Northern Coastal Basin
    • Rose Bay
    • Northern Coastal Basin publications (order on CD)
  • Upper Ocklawaha River Basin
    • Lake Apopka
    • Lake Griffin
  • Orange Creek
  • St. Marys River
    • St. Marys River Guide
• Springs of the District
  • Springs by county
    • Alachua
      • Boulware Spring
      • Glen Springs
      • Magnesia Spring
    • Clay
      • Gold Head Branch Springs
      • Green Cove Spring
      • Lake Lowry Seeps
      • Wadesboro Spring
      • W.W. Gay Spring
    • Duval
      • Pottsburg Creek Spring
    • Lake
      • Alexander Springs
      • Apopka Spring
      • Bear Spring
      • Blackwater Springs
      • Blue Spring
      • Blue Algae Boil
      • Blueberry Spring
      • Boulder Spring
      • Bugg Spring
      • Camp La No Che Spring
      • Cedar Springs
      • Double Run Spring
      • Droty Spring
      • Green Algae Boil
      • Holiday Springs
      • Markee Spring
      • Messant Spring
      • Moccasin Springs
      • Mooring Cove Springs
      • Mosquito Springs Run
      • Palm Springs
      • Sandys Spring
      • Seminole Springs
      • Sharks Tooth Spring
      • Snail Springs
      • Sun Eden Spring
      • Trickle Spring
      • Wolfs Head Spring
    • Marion
      • Blue Spring
      • Camp Seminole Spring
      • Catfish Springs
      • Eaton Creek Springs
      • Fern Hammock Springs
      • Juniper Springs
      • Morman Branch Springs
      • Orange Spring
      • Riversites Springs
      • Salt Springs
      • Silver Springs
      • Silver Glen Springs
      • Sims Spring
      • Sweetwater Springs
      • Tobacco Patch Landing Springs
      • Wells Landing Spring
    • Nassau
      • Su-No-Wa Spring
    • Orange
      • Barrel Spring
      • Rock Springs
      • Sulphur Spring
      • Tram Springs
      • Wekiwa Springs
      • Witherington Spring
    • Putnam
      • Beecher Springs
      • Croaker Hole Spring
      • Forest Springs
      • Indigo Springs
      • Mud Spring
      • Nashua Spring
      • Satsuma Spring
      • Welaka Spring
      • Whitewater Springs
    • St. Johns
      • Crescent Beach Submarine Spring
      • Shands Bridge Spring
    • Seminole
      • Clifton Springs
      • Elder Spring
      • Ginger Ale Springs
      • Harden Spring
      • Heath Spring
      • Island Spring
      • Lake Jessup Spring
      • Miami Springs
      • Nova Spring
      • Palm Springs
      • Pegasus Spring
      • Sanlando Springs
      • Starbuck Spring
    • Volusia
      • Blue Spring
      • Gemini Springs
      • Green Springs
      • Ponce de Leon Springs
      • Seminole Spring
  • Map of springs by magnitude
  • Alphabetical listing
  • Characteristics
  • Classification
  • Spring discharge
  • Spring water quality
  • Hydrogeology of the District
  • References
  • Scientific data sets
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contact information
• Algae
  • Blooms: Understanding this natural phenomenon
  • Blue-green algae
• Aquatic grasses
• Wetlands
  • Restoring our coastal wetlands
    • Facts about wetlands restoration in Volusia County
• Water quality
  • Water quality protection program
  • Regional stormwater treatment areas
  • Pollution in the St. Johns River
    • Pollution sources
    • Wastewater from central sewers
    • Wastewater from septic tanks
    • Fertilizers and pesticides from our lawns
    • Agricultural runoff
    • Stormwater runoff
    • Sediment
    • Industry, point sources
    • Upstream sources
  • What you can do to reduce water pollution
  • Harvesting shad to reduce nutrients in water bodies
• Flooding and stormwater systems
  • Flooding, hurricane information
  • Flooding and stormwater systems
  • Local government flood contacts
  • State and national flood contacts

Online tools, GIS, data

• Data collection and reports
  • Hydrologic data collection overview
  • Hydrologic data reports
    • Hydrologic conditions report
    • Springs report
    • Surface water report
    • Keystone Heights area report
  • Rainfall
    • 24-hour to 96-hour rainfall frequency data
    • 24-hour rainfall distributions
    • NOAA rainfall data
  • Controlled water levels
  • Water monitoring atlas
• Specific-use data sites
  • Hydrologic data (rainfall, water levels, discharge)
  • Radar rainfall
  • Surveying benchmarks
  • Mitigation banking
  • Contour elevations
  • GIS interactive image viewer
  • Regulatory permit search tool
  • Environmental data retrieval tool
• Geographic information system (GIS) development and data collection
  • District GIS links
    • GIS data distribution information
    • Download GIS data
    • FEMA flood maps (on FEMA website)
  • State agencies of Florida
    • Florida Department of Environmental Protection GIS main page
    • Florida Department of Transportation county imagery (APLUS)
    • Northwest Florida Water Management District GIS data
    • South Florida Water Management District GIS data distribution
    • Suwannee River Water Management District
    • Southwest Florida Water Management District GIS data distribution
  • Federal agencies
    • FEMA Q3 data
    • NRCS Soil Data Mart
    • NRCS Web soil survey
    • U.S. DoC – NOAA – NOS – National Geodetic Survey
    • USGS EarthExplorer (EROS)
    • USGS National Map Seamless Data Distribution System
  • Other
    • Florida geographic data library and map server
    • LABINS – Land Boundary Information System
    • University of Florida aerial photography collection
• Surface water quality monitoring
  • Map of watershed monitoring stations
    • Monitoring stations by county
    • Monitoring stations by water body
  • Methodology
  • Technical background
  • Glossary
  • Metadata
  • Staff contacts
• Vertical datum

Local governments

• Assistance to local governments
• Comprehensive planning
  • Potable water availability work sheet
  • Implementation of Senate Bills 360 and 444
• Cost-sharing and cooperative funding and grants
  • Indian River Lagoon cost-sharing program
  • Water conservation cost-sharing program
  • Water Protection and Sustainability Program (WPSP)
• District staff contacts
  • Water resource topic contacts
  • Planning-related topic contacts
• Contacts for local governments

Jobs and volunteers

• Employment opportunities
  • Available positions and employment application
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Degreed positions and non-degreed positions
  • Engineering programs
  • Environmental programs
  • Hydrologic programs
  • Student employment program
  • Employment benefits package
• Volunteers
  • About the program
  • Register to volunteer
  • County volunteer coordinator contacts
  • Our partners
  • Water quality database

Recreation and land

• Recreation
  • Recreation Guide to District Lands
    • Alphabetical list of properties
      • Bayard Conservation Area
      • Black Creek Ravines Conservation Area
      • Blue Cypress Conservation Area
      • Buck Lake Conservation Area
      • Bull Creek Wildlife Management Area
      • Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area
      • Caravelle Ranch Wildlife Management Area
      • Clark Bay Conservation Area
      • Crescent Lake Conservation Area
      • Deep Creek Conservation Area
      • Dunns Creek Conservation Area
      • Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area
      • Faver-Dykes State Park and Matanzas State Forest
      • Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area
      • Graham Swamp Conservation Area
      • Hal Scott Regional Preserve and Park
      • Heart Island Conservation Area
      • Jennings State Forest
      • John M. Bethea State Forest
      • Julington-Durbin Preserve
      • Lake Apopka Restoration Area
      • Lake George Conservation Area
      • Lake George Forest
      • Lake Jesup Conservation Area
      • Lake Monroe Conservation Area
      • Lake Norris Conservation Area
      • Little-Big Econ State Forest
      • Lochloosa Wildlife Conservation Area
      • Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
      • Moses Creek Conservation Area
      • Murphy Creek Conservation Area
      • Newnans Lake Conservation Area
      • Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area
      • Orange Creek Restoration Area
      • Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
      • Pine Island Conservation Area
      • Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
      • Ralph E. Simmons Memorial State Forest
      • Rice Creek Conservation Area
      • River Lakes Conservation Area
      • Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area
      • Seminole Ranch Conservation Area
      • Stokes Landing Conservation Area
      • St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
      • Sunnyhill Restoration Area
      • Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area
      • Tiger Bay State Forest
      • Triple N Ranch Wildlife Management Area
      • Twelve Mile Swamp Recreation Area
      • Wekiva River Buffer Conservation Area
      • Wiregrass Prairie Preserve
    • Map of properties
    • Recreational activities matrix
    • Contacts for management partners
  • Camping reservations
  • Campsites and shelters in the upper St. Johns River marsh
  • Trail guides
  • Hunting regulations and maps
  • Using District lands
  • District property closures
  • Planned District activities that may affect recreation
  • Visitor’s sign-in log
  • Geocache site application form
• Land acquisition
  • Florida Forever Work Plan
  • Recent acquisitions
  • Five-year land acquisition plan map
  • Less-than-fee acquisition
  • Land acquisition application
• Land management
  • Land management plans
  • Prescribed burn program
  • Sand pine management
  • Managing invasive plants
  • 40C-9 (land management rule)
  • Conservation easements
  • Land management contacts
• Recreational public meetings

Teachers and students

• Teacher resources
  • Water conservation activities
  • Envirothon
  • Lesson plans
  • Grants resources for teachers
  • Information links for educators
  • Other agency water resource education programs and resources
  • Workshops, seminars
  • Reading, literature connections
  • Education curricula
    • The Great Water Odyssey^SM
      • About Odyssey
      • How it works
      • Grade-level curricula
        • Third grade overview
        • Fourth grade overview
        • Fifth grade overview
        • Sunshine State Standards/5Es
      • Workshops
      • Try games online
      • Support
      • Contacts
    • Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
    • Legacy water resource education program
• Student resources
  • Raleigh’s Den
  • Snooks’ Cove
  • Games
  • Inside the World of Macros: An interactive look at macroinvertebrates
  • Glossary
  • Science fair ideas
  • Water facts
  • River otters
  • Ask a science expert
• Education staff contacts

Publications and videos

• Publications to order, view or download
• Multimedia materials
  • Videos
  • Photographs
  • Screen savers
  • Wallpaper
• Technical reports
  • Technical publications
  • Special publications
  • Professional papers
  • Technical fact sheets

Finance and procurement

• Introduction to District procurement
  • Staff contact information
• Current solicitations
• Vendor forms
  • Expedited payment form (typed text entry)
  • Expedited payment form (hand-written entry)
• Financial statements
• Other information
  • Northwest Florida Water Management District procurement and contracts
  • South Florida Water Management District procurement and contracts
  • Southwest Florida Water Management District procurement and contracts
  • Suwannee River Water Management District procurement and contracts
  • State of Florida contracts
  • State university system sponsored research contract list
  • Office of Supplier Diversity
  • Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN)
  • Cooperative purchasing — U.S. communities

Contact us

• District offices
  • Palatka Headquarters
  • Altamonte Springs Service Center
  • Jacksonville Service Center
  • Palm Bay Service Center
  • Field stations
• Staff directories
  • Alphabetical listing
  • Listing by office location
  • Permitting contacts
  • Topic listing
• Other agencies
  • Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • South Florida Water Management District
  • Southwest Florida Water Management District
  • Northwest Florida Water Management District
  • Suwannee River Water Management District

Site support

• Site information
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• Technical assistance
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