Collaborative Planning for the Future of Water Resources in Central Florida: Central Florida Water Initiative

Abstract

Rules and regulations that govern our use of natural resources, specifically water, are changing. Over the past 80 years, Florida's population increased four times, from approximately 5 million to more than 20 million people. With this population increase, water needs have also increased. Forward-looking communities think about the future of their towns, counties, or the state as they work on redefining regulations to meet future water needs without harming our springs, lakes, rivers, and estuaries. This 4-page fact sheet written by James Fletcher and Tatiana Borisova and published by the Food and Resource Economics Department discusses the Central Florida Water Initiative, which deals with advancing water-use and water-resource-protection strategies for Orlando and its vicinity. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe1012

Keywords

• FE1012
• Central Florida
• water resources