Summary


Section 373.0465, Florida Statutes, was amended in 2021 to include a requirement that the Department adopt a 2-in-10 year drought allocation for supplemental irrigation for agricultural uses and a process for the applicable water management district implementing the rules to annually examine an agricultural user’s 5-year moving average supplemental irrigation water use. These provisions require the Department to amend the CFWI Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook incorporated by reference in Rule 62-41.302, F.A.C. In addition to the substantive amendments, the Department added a cover page, table of contents, and included some technical changes by updating parenthesis for readability. The Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook is available for review at: https://floridadep.gov/water-policy/water-policy/content/office-water-policy-rulemaking.