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District Rules - 40D F.A.C.

  • 40D-1 - Procedural
  • 40D-2 - Water Use Permits
  • 40D-3 - Regulation of Wells
  • 40D-4 - Individual Environmental Resource Permits
  • 40D-8 - Water Levels & Rates of Flow
  • 40D-9 - Land Use Rules
  • 40D-21 - Water Shortage Plan
  • 40D-22 - Year-Round Conservation Measures
  • 40D-26 - Facilitating Agricultural Resource Management Systems (FARMS) Program
  • 40D-40 - General Environmental Resource Permits
  • 40D-80 - Recovery & Prevention Strategies for Minimum Flows & Levels
  • 40D-400 - Environmental Resource Permits

Environmental Resource Permit Information Manual



Water Use Permit Information Manual

  • Part A comprises Chapter 40D-2, F.A.C.
  • Water Use Permit Basis of Review (Effective 12-12-11)
  • Part C - Water Use Design Aids (Water Use Permit Information Manual)
  • Part D - Permanent and Temporal Service Area Population Estimates (Inc. by Reference 40D-2.091(1)(b) on 1/20/09)


District rules are created and adopted in order to comply with Florida Statutes and the Florida Administrative Code. Links to statutes and code are below.

Florida Statutes

Florida Administrative Code

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