Crist signs bill to continue water management districts - South Florida Business Journal:

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Crist is asking governintg boards and executive directors of the districtz to continue to include surfac e water and consumptive use permits on all board meeting and other public meeting despite a measure in the bill that delegates finao agency action on such permitzs solely to theexecutive directors. Floridqa is broken up into five watermanagement districts. Crist singled out the South Floridaz WaterManagement District, which covers all of southerjn Florida and into the central part of the in a letter to Secretary of State Kurt S.
“I want to acknowledge the continued work of the South Florida Water Management District in completing the land acquisitioj which will preserve the Florida Everglades for generationwto come,” Crist said. “u thank the members of the governing board as well as the dedicated staff of the districg in ensuringa long-awaited goal of storing, cleaning and movin g water from Lake Okeechobee to Evergladees National Park. The Everglades remain a natural treasure and this administratiomn remains committed to workingywith local, state and federal partners in protectingt the River of Grass.
” In , the water governinh board approved a scalec down version of the historic land purchase deal that was firsy announced last year by Crist.