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Half the state's fresh water is consumed by South Florida, which includes Miami-Dade County, Broward County, and Palm Beach County as well as the majority of the state's agricultural land, golf courses, and swimming pools. Legally, water in Florida is owned by the state, with five water management districts overseeing its regional use and ...
The District encompasses approximately 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) in all or part of 16 counties in west-central Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties, serving a population of more than 5.5 million people.
As of the 2024-2025 school year, there were 110 schools in Pasco County Schools: 48 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 15 high schools, 1 middle/high school, 2 educational centers, 3 juvenille detentions, 3 eSchools, 3 combination schools, 1 contract school, 14 charter schools, and 5 other programs.
The Savings Clause ensures protections are in place to safeguard South Florida’s water supply for millions of people. ... in mydistrict and other parts of the county who rely on water from Lake ...
Legg was born in Brooksville and attended Pasco–Hernando Community College, receiving his associate degree in 1994, and then the University of South Florida, receiving a degree in social work in 1995. He then continued his studies at the University of Florida earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) in 1995.
The South Florida Water Management District controls an extensive system of canals and other control systems and pumping stations along with the Biscayne Aquifer, Lake Okeechobee and three other large water conservation areas as it monitors and controls the storage and release of the water in the district. It must take into account the danger ...
In February 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Thurlow-Lippisch to serve on the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board. [7] SFWMD is one of five water management districts in the State of Florida and represents 16 counties in South Florida. [8] Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis reappointed Thurlow-Lippisch on June 6 ...
Construction crews work on building a new 3.5 million gallon 165-foot tall elevated skirted tank water reservoir off Burns Road near Road 90 in west Pasco. The new water storage project being ...