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Florida Statutes, Title XXXV, Chapter 570.085 Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services; agricultural water conservation.
570.085 Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services; agricultural water conservation.-- The department shall establish an agricultural
water conservation program that includes the following:
(1) A cost-share program, coordinated where appropriate
with the United States Department of Agriculture and other federal,
state, regional, and local agencies, for irrigation system retrofit
and application of mobile irrigation laboratory evaluations for
water conservation as provided in this section and, where
applicable, for water quality improvement pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(d).
(2) The development and implementation of voluntary interim
measures or best management practices, adopted by rule, which
provide for increased efficiencies in the use and management of
water for agricultural production. In the process of developing and
adopting rules for interim measures or best management practices,
the department shall consult with the Department of Environmental
Protection and the water management districts. Such rules may also
include a system to assure the implementation of the practices,
including recordkeeping requirements. As new information regarding
efficient agricultural water use and management becomes available,
the department shall reevaluate and revise as needed, the interim
measures or best management practices. The interim measures or best
management practices may include irrigation retrofit, implementation
of mobile irrigation laboratory evaluations and recommendations,
water resource augmentation, and integrated water management systems
for drought management and flood control and should, to the maximum
extent practicable, be designed to qualify for regulatory incentives
and other incentives, as determined by the agency having applicable
statutory authority.
(3) Provision of assistance to the water management
districts in the development and implementation of a consistent, to
the extent practicable, methodology for the efficient allocation of
water for agricultural irrigation.
History.--s. 56, ch. 2001-279.
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