Technical Integration of Planning, Regulatory, and Operations Functions at the South Florida Water Management District
by Daniel P. Sheer, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, (President, Water Resources Management Inc) and Kent Loftin, P.E., M.ASCE, (Chief Engineer, South Florida Water Management District)
Section: Water System Planning and Analysis, pp. 1-27, (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40430(1999)97)
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Conference Proceeding Paper |
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WRPMD’99: Preparing for the 21st Century |
| Abstract: |
This paper examines the integration of a set of core functions which must be performed by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). These functions include water supply, preparation of long-term water management plans, granting permits for water and storm drainage use, and long-term operations of the Central and South Florida Flood Control Project (C&SFFCP). These functions are carried out interdependently by the Planning, Research, Regulation, and Operations Departments with the underlying support of the Water Resource Evaluation (WRE) Department. These functions are examined together with the analytical tools which support them and the critical data which flows between them. The paper is based on analysis carried out by Water Resources Management Inc. (WRMI) for the SFWMD. The analysis is being revised and implemented on a continuing basis. This paper reflects conditions at the SFWMD as of 1996–7. Many of the problems identified in this paper are in the process of being resolved. This paper is presented as a case study of the kind of analysis required to ensure the logical consistency of the functions described. While it is rare (outside of Florida) that all of these functions are undertaken within a single agency, the authors believe that the logical rationale for moving data and coordinating methods between the functions will be similar even when multiple agencies are involved. |
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