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South Florida Water Management District
3301 Gun Club Road,
West Palm Beach
Florida
33406
(561) 686-8800
Type: Hiking Tour
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West Palm Beach
Florida
33406
(561) 686-8800
Type: Hiking Tour
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The "seeds" for the creation of the South Florida Water Management District were planted in the late 1940s, by flood and drought. The region's subtropical extremes of hurricane, flood and drought - combined with efforts to safely populate this "new frontier" - led the U.S. Congress to adopt legislation creating the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control project (C&SF) in 1948.
In 1949, the Florida legislature created the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, the predecessor to the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), to manage the huge project being designed and built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1972, with the Florida Water Resources Act (Chapter 373), the state created five water management districts ( one of which was SFWMD), with expanded responsibilities for regional water resource management and environmental protection.
In 1976, voters approved a constitutional amendment giving the districts the authority to levy property taxes to help fund these activities.
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