Purpose


The Department amends Rule 62-41.302(1), F.A.C., to update the Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Area Supplemental Applicant’s Handbook to implement Section 373.0465, Florida Statutes, which requires the Department update the drought allocation for supplemental irrigation for agricultural uses and provide 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. The rule will address agricultural water users in the “Central Florida Water Initiative Area”, which includes all of Orange, Osceola, Polk, and Seminole Counties, and southern Lake County.