HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1459 CS
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12	Representatives Machek and Russell offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove everything after the enacting clause, and insert:
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17	Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 163.3167,
18	Florida Statutes, to read:
19	163.3167 Scope of act.--
20	(13) Each local government shall address in its
21	comprehensive plan, as enumerated in this chapter, the water
22	supply projects necessary to meet and achieve the existing and
23	projected water use demand for the established planning period,
24	considering the applicable plan developed pursuant to s.
25	373.0361.
26	Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 367.081, Florida
27	Statutes, is amended to read:
28	367.081 Rates; procedure for fixing and changing.--
29	(2)(a)1. The commission shall, either upon request or upon
30	its own motion, fix rates which are just, reasonable,
31	compensatory, and not unfairly discriminatory. In every such
32	proceeding, the commission shall consider the value and quality
33	of the service and the cost of providing the service, which
34	shall include, but not be limited to, debt interest; the
35	requirements of the utility for working capital; maintenance,
36	depreciation, tax, and operating expenses incurred in the
37	operation of all property used and useful in the public service;
38	and a fair return on the investment of the utility in property
39	used and useful in the public service. Pursuant to s.
40	373.1961(2)(l), the commission shall allow recovery of the full,
41	prudently incurred costs of alternative water supply facilities.
42	However, the commission shall not allow the inclusion of
43	contributions-in-aid-of-construction in the rate base of any
44	utility during a rate proceeding, nor shall the commission
45	impute prospective future contributions-in-aid-of-construction
46	against the utility's investment in property used and useful in
47	the public service; and accumulated depreciation on such
48	contributions-in-aid-of-construction shall not be used to reduce
49	the rate base, nor shall depreciation on such contributed assets
50	be considered a cost of providing utility service.
51	2. For purposes of such proceedings, the commission shall
52	consider utility property, including land acquired or facilities
53	constructed or to be constructed within a reasonable time in the
54	future, not to exceed 24 months after the end of the historic
55	base year used to set final rates unless a longer period is
56	approved by the commission, to be used and useful in the public
57	service, if:
58	a. Such property is needed to serve current customers;
59	b. Such property is needed to serve customers 5 years
60	after the end of the test year used in the commission's final
61	order on a rate request as provided in subsection (6) at a
62	growth rate for equivalent residential connections not to exceed
63	5 percent per year; or
64	c. Such property is needed to serve customers more than 5
65	full years after the end of the test year used in the
66	commission's final order on a rate request as provided in
67	subsection (6) only to the extent that the utility presents
68	clear and convincing evidence to justify such consideration.
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70	Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the commission
71	shall approve rates for service which allow a utility to recover
72	from customers the full amount of environmental compliance
73	costs. Such rates may not include charges for allowances for
74	funds prudently invested or similar charges. For purposes of
75	this requirement, the term "environmental compliance costs"
76	includes all reasonable expenses and fair return on any prudent
77	investment incurred by a utility in complying with the
78	requirements or conditions contained in any permitting,
79	enforcement, or similar decisions of the United States
80	Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Environmental
81	Protection, a water management district, or any other
82	governmental entity with similar regulatory jurisdiction.
83	(b) In establishing initial rates for a utility, the
84	commission may project the financial and operational data as set
85	out in paragraph (a) to a point in time when the utility is
86	expected to be operating at a reasonable level of capacity.
87	Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 367.0814, Florida
88	Statutes, is amended to read:
89	367.0814 Staff assistance in changing rates and charges;
90	interim rates.--
91	(1) The commission may establish rules by which a water or
92	wastewater utility whose gross annual revenues are $200,000
93	$150,000or less may request and obtain staff assistance for the
94	purpose of changing its rates and charges. A utility may request
95	staff assistance by filing an application with the commission.
96	Section 4. Section 373.227, Florida Statutes, is created
97	to read:
98	373.227 Water conservation guidance manual.--
99	(1) The Legislature recognizes that the proper
100	conservation of water is an important means of achieving the
101	economical and efficient utilization of water necessary to
102	constitute a reasonable-beneficial use. The Legislature
103	encourages the development and use of water conservation
104	measures that are effective, flexible, and affordable. In the
105	context of the use of water for public supply provided by a
106	water utility, the Legislature intends for a variety of
107	conservation measures to be available and used to encourage
108	efficient water use. The Legislature finds that the social,
109	economic, and cultural conditions of this state relating to the
110	use of public water supply vary by geographic region, and thus
111	water utilities must have the flexibility to tailor water
112	conservation measures to best suit their individual
113	circumstances. For purposes of this section, the term “public
114	water supply utility” shall include both publicly owned and
115	privately owned public water supply utilities.
116	(2) In order to implement the findings in subsection (1),
117	the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop a water
118	conservation guidance manual containing a menu of water
119	conservation measures from which public water supply utilities
120	may select in the development of a comprehensive, goal-based
121	water conservation program tailored for their individual service
122	areas that is effective and does not impose undue costs or
123	burdens on customers. The water conservation guidance manual
124	shall promote statewide consistency in the approach to utility
125	conservation while maintaining appropriate flexibility. The
126	manual may contain measures such as: water conservation audits,
127	informative billing practices to educate customers on their
128	patterns of water use, the costs of water, and ways to conserve
129	water; ordinances requiring low-flow plumbing fixtures and
130	efficient landscape irrigation; rebate programs for the
131	installation of water-saving plumbing or appliances; general
132	water conservation educational programs including bill inserts;
133	measures to promote the more effective and efficient reuse of
134	reclaimed water; water conservation or drought rate structures
135	that encourage customers to conserve water through appropriate
136	price signals; and programs to apply utility profits generated
137	through conservation and drought rates to additional water
138	conservation programs or water supply development. The manual
139	shall specifically state that it is the responsibility of the
140	appropriate utility to determine the specific rates it will
141	charge its customers and that the role of the department or
142	water management district is confined to the review of those
143	rate structures to determine whether they encourage water
144	conservation. The water conservation guidance manual shall also
145	state that a utility need not adopt a water conservation or
146	drought rate structure if the utility employs other measures
147	that are equally or more effective. The manual shall provide for
148	different levels of complexity and expected levels of effort in
149	conservation programs depending on the size of the utility.
150	However, all utilities will be expected to have at least basic
151	programs in each of the following areas:
152	(a) Individual metering, to the extent feasible as
153	determined by the utility.
154	(b) Water accounting and loss control.
155	(c) Cost of service accounting.
156	(d) Information programs on water conservation.
157	(e) Landscaping water efficiency programs.
158	(3) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
159	develop the water conservation guidance manual no later than
160	June 15, 2004. The department shall develop the manual in
161	consultation with interested parties, which, at a minimum, shall
162	include representatives from the water management districts,
163	three utilities that are members of the American Water Works
164	Association, two utilities that are members of the Florida Water
165	Environment Association, a representative of the Florida Chamber
166	of Commerce, representatives of counties and municipalities, and
167	representatives of environmental organizations. By December 15,
168	2004, the department shall adopt the water conservation guidance
169	manual by rule. Once the department adopts the water
170	conservation guidance manual by rule, the water management
171	districts may apply the manual and any revisions thereto in the
172	review of water conservation requirements for obtaining a permit
173	pursuant to part II without the need to adopt the manual
174	pursuant to s. 120.54. Once the water conservation guidance
175	manual is adopted by rule, a public water supply utility may
176	choose to comply with the standard water conservation
177	requirements adopted by the appropriate water management
178	district for obtaining a consumptive use permit from that
179	district, or may choose to develop a comprehensive, goal-based
180	water conservation program from the options contained in the
181	manual. If the utility chooses to design a comprehensive water
182	conservation program based on the water conservation guidance
183	manual, the proposed program must include the following:
184	(a) An inventory of water system characteristics and
185	conservation opportunities.
186	(b) Demand forecasts.
187	(c) An explanation of the proposed program.
188	(d) Specific numeric water conservation targets for the
189	utility as a whole and for appropriate customer classes, with a
190	justification of why the numeric targets are appropriate based
191	on that utility’s particular customer characteristics and
192	conservation opportunities.
193	(e) A demonstration that the program will promote
194	effective water conservation at least as well as standard water
195	use conservation requirements adopted by the appropriate water
196	management district.
197	(f) A timetable for the utility and the water management
198	district to evaluate progress in meeting the water conservation
199	targets and making needed program modifications.
200	(4) If the utility provides reasonable assurance that the
201	proposed conservation program is consistent with the water
202	conservation guidance manual and contains the elements specified
203	in subsection (3), then the water management district shall
204	approve the proposed program and the program shall satisfy water
205	conservation requirements imposed as a condition of obtaining a
206	permit under part II. The department, in consultation with the
207	parties specified in subsection (3), may periodically amend or
208	revise the water conservation guidance manual rule as
209	appropriate to reflect changed circumstances or new technologies
210	or approaches. The findings and provisions in this section shall
211	not be construed to apply to users of water other than public
212	and private water supply utilities.
213	Section 5. Subsections (1), (2), (5), and (6) of section
214	373.0361, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
215	373.0361 Regional water supply planning.--
216	(1) By October 1, 1998, the governing board shall initiate
217	water supply planning for each water supply planning region
218	identified in the district water management plan under s.
219	373.036, where it determines that sources of water are not
220	adequate for the planning period to supply water for all
221	existing and projected reasonable-beneficial uses and to sustain
222	the water resources and related natural systems. The planning
223	must be conducted in an open public process, in coordination and
224	cooperation with local governments, regional water supply
225	authorities, government-owned and privately owned water
226	utilities, self-suppliers, and other affected and interested
227	parties. During development but prior to completion of the
228	regional water supply plan, the district must conduct at least
229	one public workshop to discuss the technical data and modeling
230	tools anticipated to be used to support the plan.A
231	determination by the governing board that initiation of a
232	regional water supply plan for a specific planning region is not
233	needed pursuant to this section shall be subject to s. 120.569.
234	The governing board shall reevaluate such a determination at
235	least once every 5 years and shall initiate a regional water
236	supply plan, if needed, pursuant to this subsection.
237	(2) Each regional water supply plan shall be based on at
238	least a 20-year planning period and shall include, but not be
239	limited to:
240	(a) A water supply development component that includes:
241	1. A quantification of the water supply needs for all
242	existing and reasonably projected future uses within the
243	planning horizon. The level-of-certainty planning goal
244	associated with identifying the water supply needs of existing
245	and future reasonable-beneficial uses shall be based upon
246	meeting those needs for a 1-in-10-year drought event. Population
247	projections used for determining public water supply needs shall
248	be based upon the best available data. In determining the best
249	available data, the district shall consider the University of
250	Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) medium
251	population projections and any population projection data and
252	analysis submitted by a local government pursuant to the public
253	workshop described in subsection (1) when such data and analysis
254	support the local government’s comprehensive plan. Any
255	adjustment of or deviation from the BEBR projections shall be
256	fully described and the original BEBR data shall be presented
257	along with the adjusted data.
258	2. A list of water source options for water supply
259	development, including traditional and alternative source
260	optionssources, from which local government, government-owned
261	and privately owned utilities, self-suppliers, and others may
262	choose, for water supply development, the total capacity of
263	which will, in conjunction with water conservation and other
264	demand management measures,exceed the needs identified in
265	subparagraph 1.
266	3. For each option listed in subparagraph 2., the
267	estimated amount of water available for use and the estimated
268	costs of and potential sources of funding for water supply
269	development.
270	4. A list of water supply development projects that meet
271	the criteria in s. 373.0831(4).
272	(b) A water resource development component that includes:
273	1. A listing of those water resource development projects
274	that support water supply development.
275	2. For each water resource development project listed:
276	a. An estimate of the amount of water to become available
277	through the project.
278	b. The timetable for implementing or constructing the
279	project and the estimated costs for implementing, operating, and
280	maintaining the project.
281	c. Sources of funding and funding needs.
282	d. Who will implement the project and how it will be
283	implemented.
284	(c) The recovery and prevention strategy described in s.
285	373.0421(2).
286	(d) A funding strategy for water resource development
287	projects, which shall be reasonable and sufficient to pay the
288	cost of constructing or implementing all of the listed projects.
289	(e) Consideration of how the options addressed in
290	paragraphs (a) and (b) serve the public interest or save costs
291	overall by preventing the loss of natural resources or avoiding
292	greater future expenditures for water resource development or
293	water supply development. However, unless adopted by rule, these
294	considerations do not constitute final agency action.
295	(f) The technical data and information applicable to the
296	planning region which are contained in the district water
297	management plan and are necessary to support the regional water
298	supply plan.
299	(g) The minimum flows and levels established for water
300	resources within the planning region.
301	(h) Reservations of water adopted by rule pursuant to s.
302	373.223(4).
303	(i) An analysis, developed in cooperation with the
304	department, of areas or instances in which the variance
305	provisions of s. 378.212(1)(g) or s. 378.404(9) may be used to
306	create water supply development or water resource development
307	projects.
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309	Within boundaries of a regional water supply authority, those
310	parts of the water supply development component of the regional
311	water supply plan which deal with or affect public utilities and
312	public water supply shall be developed jointly by such authority
313	and the district for those areas served by the authority and its
314	member governments.
315	(5) By November 15, 1997, and Annually and in conjunction
316	with the reporting requirements of s. 373.536(6)(a)4.
317	thereafter, the department shall submit to the Governor and the
318	Legislature a report on the status of regional water supply
319	planning in each district. The report shall include:
320	(a) A compilation of the estimated costs of and potential
321	sources of funding for water resource development and water
322	supply development projects, as identified in the water
323	management district regional water supply plans.
324	(b) A description of each district's progress toward
325	achieving its water resource development objectives, as directed
326	by s. 373.0831(3), including the district's implementation of
327	its 5-year water resource development work program.
328	(c) An assessment of the overall progress being made to
329	develop water supply that is consistent with regional water
330	supply plans to meet existing and future reasonable-beneficial
331	needs during a 1-in-10-year drought.
332	(6) Nothing contained in the water supply development
333	component of the district water management plan shall be
334	construed to require local governments, government-owned or
335	privately owned water utilities, self-suppliers, or other water
336	suppliers to select a water supply development option identified
337	in the component merely because it is identified in the plan,
338	nor may the plan be used in the review of permits under part II
339	unless the plan, or an applicable portion thereof, has been
340	adopted by rule. However, this subsection does not prohibit a
341	water management district from employing the data or other
342	information used to establish the plan in reviewing permits
343	under part II, nor shall itnotbe construed to limit the
344	authority of the department or governing board under part II.
345	Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 373.0831, Florida
346	Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is added to subsection
347	(4) of said section, to read:
348	373.0831 Water resource development; water supply
349	development.--
350	(3) The water management districts shall fund and
351	implement water resource development as defined in s. 373.019.
352	The water management districts are encouraged to implement water
353	resource development as expeditiously as possible in areas
354	subject to regional water supply plans.Each governing board
355	shall include in its annual budget the amount needed for the
356	fiscal year to implement water resource development projects, as
357	prioritized in its regional water supply plans.
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359	(c) If a proposed alternative water supply development
360	project is identified in the relevant approved regional water
361	supply plan, the project shall receive:
362	1. A 20-year consumptive use permit, if it otherwise meets
363	the permit requirements under ss. 373.223 and 373.236 and rules
364	adopted thereunder.
365	2. Priority funding pursuant to s. 373.1961(2) if the
366	project meets one of two criteria in s. 373.0831(4).
367	Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 373.1961, Florida
368	Statutes, is amended to read:
369	373.1961 Water production.--
370	(2) The Legislature finds that, due to a combination of
371	factors, vastly increased demands have been placed on natural
372	supplies of fresh water, and that, absent increased development
373	of alternative water supplies, such demands may increase in the
374	future. The Legislature also finds that potential exists in the
375	state for the production of significant quantities of
376	alternative water supplies, including reclaimed water, and that
377	water production includes the development of alternative water
378	supplies, including reclaimed water, for appropriate uses. It is
379	the intent of the Legislature that utilities develop reclaimed
380	water systems, where reclaimed water is the most appropriate
381	alternative water supply option, to deliver reclaimed water to
382	as many users as possible through the most cost-effective means,
383	and to construct reclaimed water system infrastructure to their
384	owned or operated properties and facilities where they have
385	reclamation capability. It is also the intent of the Legislature
386	that the water management districts which levy ad valorem taxes
387	for water management purposes should share a percentage of those
388	tax revenues with water providers and users, including local
389	governments, water, wastewater, and reuse utilities, municipal,
390	industrial, and agricultural water users, and other public and
391	private water users, to be used to supplement other funding
392	sources in the development of alternative water supplies. The
393	Legislature finds that public moneys or services provided to
394	private entities for such uses constitute public purposes which
395	are in the public interest. In order to further the development
396	and use of alternative water supply systems, including reclaimed
397	water systems, the Legislature provides the following:
398	(a) The governing boards of the water management districts
399	where water resource caution areas have been designated shall
400	include in their annual budgets an amount for the development of
401	alternative water supply systems, including reclaimed water
402	systems, pursuant to the requirements of this subsection.
403	Beginning in 1996, such amounts shall be made available to water
404	providers and users no later than December 31 of each year,
405	through grants, matching grants, revolving loans, or the use of
406	district lands or facilities pursuant to the requirements of
407	this subsection and guidelines established by the districts. In
408	making grants or loans, funding priority shall be given to
409	projects in accordance with s. 373.0831(4). Without diminishing
410	amounts available through other means described in this
411	paragraph, the governing boards are encouraged to consider
412	establishing revolving loan funds to expand the total funds
413	available to accomplish the objectives of this section. A
414	revolving loan fund created pursuant to this paragraph shall be
415	a nonlapsing fund from which the water management district may
416	make loans with interest rates below prevailing market rates to
417	public or private entities for the purposes described in this
418	section. The governing board may adopt resolutions to establish
419	revolving loan funds which shall specify the details of the
420	administration of the fund, the procedures for applying for
421	loans from the fund, the criteria for awarding loans from the
422	fund, the initial capitalization of the fund, and the goals for
423	future capitalization of the fund in subsequent budget years.
424	Revolving loan funds created pursuant to this paragraph shall be
425	used to expand the total sums and sources of cooperative funding
426	available for the development of alternative water supplies. The
427	Legislature does not intend for the creation of revolving loan
428	trust funds to supplant or otherwise reduce existing sources or
429	amounts of funds currently available through other means.
430	(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that for each
431	reclaimed water utility, or any other utility, which receives
432	funds pursuant to this subsection, the appropriate rate-setting
433	authorities should develop rate structures for all water,
434	wastewater, and reclaimed water and other alternative water
435	supply utilities in the service area of the funded utility,
436	which accomplish the following:
437	1. Provide meaningful progress toward the development and
438	implementation of alternative water supply systems, including
439	reclaimed water systems;
440	2. Promote the conservation of fresh water withdrawn from
441	natural systems;
442	3. Provide for an appropriate distribution of costs for
443	all water, wastewater, and alternative water supply utilities,
444	including reclaimed water utilities, among all of the users of
445	those utilities; and
446	4. Prohibit rate discrimination within classes of utility
447	users.
448	(c) Funding assistance provided by the water management
449	districts for a water reuse system project shall include the
450	following grant or loan conditions for that project when the
451	water management district determines such conditions will
452	encourage water use efficiency:
453	1. Metering of reclaimed water use for the following
454	activities: residential irrigation, agricultural irrigation,
455	industrial uses except for electric utilities as defined in s.
456	366.02(2), golf course irrigation, landscape irrigation,
457	irrigation of other public access areas, commercial and
458	institutional uses such as toilet flushing, and transfers to
459	other reclaimed water utilities.
460	2. Implementation of reclaimed water rate structures based
461	on actual use of reclaimed water for the types of reuse
462	activities listed in subparagraph 1.
463	3. Implementation of education programs to inform the
464	public about water issues, water conservation, and the
465	importance and proper use of reclaimed water.
466	4. Development of location data for key reuse facilities.
467	(d)(c)In order to be eligible for funding pursuant to
468	this subsection, a project must be consistent with a local
469	government comprehensive plan and the governing body of the
470	local government must require all appropriate new facilities
471	within the project's service area to connect to and use the
472	project's alternative water supplies. The appropriate local
473	government must provide written notification to the appropriate
474	district that the proposed project is consistent with the local
475	government comprehensive plan.
476	(e)(d)Any and all revenues disbursed pursuant to this
477	subsection shall be applied only for the payment of capital or
478	infrastructure costs for the construction of alternative water
479	supply systems that provide alternative water supplies.
480	(f)(e)By January 1 of each year, the governing boards
481	shall make available written guidelines for the disbursal of
482	revenues pursuant to this subsection. Such guidelines shall
483	include at minimum:
484	1. An application process and a deadline for filing
485	applications annually.
486	2. A process for determining project eligibility pursuant
487	to the requirements of paragraphs (d)(c) and (e)(d).
488	3. A process and criteria for funding projects pursuant to
489	this subsection that cross district boundaries or that serve
490	more than one district.
491	(g)(f)The governing board of each water management
492	district shall establish an alternative water supplies grants
493	advisory committee to recommend to the governing board projects
494	for funding pursuant to this subsection. The advisory committee
495	members shall include, but not be limited to, one or more
496	representatives of county, municipal, and investor-owned private
497	utilities, and may include, but not be limited to,
498	representatives of agricultural interests and environmental
499	interests. Each committee member shall represent his or her
500	interest group as a whole and shall not represent any specific
501	entity. The committee shall apply the guidelines and project
502	eligibility criteria established by the governing board in
503	reviewing proposed projects. After one or more hearings to
504	solicit public input on eligible projects, the committee shall
505	rank the eligible projects and shall submit them to the
506	governing board for final funding approval. The advisory
507	committee may submit to the governing board more projects than
508	the available grant money would fund.
509	(h)(g)All revenues made available annually pursuant to
510	this subsection must be encumbered annually by the governing
511	board if it approves projects sufficient to expend the available
512	revenues. Funds must be disbursed within 36 months after
513	encumbrance.
514	(i)(h)For purposes of this subsection, alternative water
515	supplies are supplies of water that have been reclaimed after
516	one or more public supply, municipal, industrial, commercial, or
517	agricultural uses, or are supplies of stormwater, or brackish or
518	salt water, that have been treated in accordance with applicable
519	rules and standards sufficient to supply the intended use.
520	(j)(i)This subsection shall not be subject to the
521	rulemaking requirements of chapter 120.
522	(k)(j)By January 30 of each year, each water management
523	district shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the
524	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
525	Representatives which accounts for the disbursal of all budgeted
526	amounts pursuant to this subsection. Such report shall describe
527	all projects funded and shall account separately for moneys
528	provided through grants, matching grants, revolving loans, and
529	the use of district lands or facilities.
530	(l)(k)The Florida Public Service Commission shall allow
531	entities under its jurisdiction constructing alternative water
532	supply facilities, including but not limited to aquifer storage
533	and recovery wells, to recover the full, prudently incurred cost
534	of such facilities through their rate structure. Every component
535	of an alternative water supply facility constructed by an
536	investor-owned utility shall be recovered in current rates.
537	Section 8. Subsection (9) is added to section 373.1963,
538	Florida Statutes, to read:
539	373.1963 Assistance to West Coast Regional Water Supply
540	Authority.--
541	(9) It is the intent of the Legislature that wetland areas
542	in northeastern Hillsborough County which have not yet been
543	adversely impacted by groundwater withdrawals for consumptive
544	use not be subject to groundwater withdrawals by the development
545	of wellfields by the authority. In order to protect the
546	wetlands in this area, the authority is hereby prohibited from
547	seeking permits from the Southwest Florida Water Management
548	District for the consumptive use of water from groundwater in
549	northeastern Hillsborough County north of Knights Griffin Road
550	and east of State Road 39.
551	Section 9. Subsection (5) is added to section 373.223,
552	Florida Statutes, to read:
553	373.223 Conditions for a permit.--
554	(5) The Legislature finds that the issuance of consumptive
555	use permits has a direct relation to efficient and effective
556	water resource development. The Legislature further finds that
557	the management of consumptive use permits has a direct relation
558	to efficient and effective water supply development. To help
559	identify the changes necessary to better utilize these permits,
560	the Legislature directs that the Department of Environmental
561	Protection and each water management district submit
562	recommendations to the appropriate substantive committees of
563	each house of the Legislature by December 1, 2003. The
564	recommendations shall identify alternative methods of extending
565	the use of existing water resources, including, but not limited
566	to, the potential rights of existing permitholders to share
567	water allocated under a consumptive use permit. The department
568	and the districts are encouraged to use public hearings to
569	gather information and shall include information provided by
570	basin boards and regional water supply authorities.
571	Section 10. Section 373.2231, Florida Statutes, is created
572	to read:
573	373.2231 Peace River comprehensive study.--The Legislature
574	acknowledges that there are many and varied demands on the
575	available water supplies on the Peace River watershed from
576	industry, agriculture, and commercial and residential
577	development. The cumulative impact of all these demands has the
578	potential to significantly reduce the fresh water flows and
579	levels in the Peace River. Accordingly, the Legislature hereby
580	directs the Southwest Florida Water Management District to
581	conduct a comprehensive study of the cumulative impacts of the
582	existing and projected demands on the water resources of the
583	Peace River watershed. The study shall be completed and a report
584	of the study submitted to the Governor, the President of the
585	Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by June
586	1, 2004.
587	Section 11. Section 373.2234, Florida Statutes, is created
588	to read:
589	373.2234 Preferred water supply sources.--The governing
590	board of the district is authorized to adopt rules identifying
591	preferred water supply sources for which there is sufficient
592	data to establish that the source can be used to provide a
593	substantial new water supply to meet existing and reasonably
594	anticipated water needs in a water supply planning region
595	identified pursuant to s. 373.0361(1) while sustaining the water
596	resources and related natural systems. Such rules shall, at a
597	minimum, contain a description of the source and an assessment
598	of the water the source is projected to produce. If a
599	consumptive use permit applicant proposes to use such a source
600	consistent with the assessment, the proposed use shall be
601	subject to the provisions of s. 373.223(1), but such proposed
602	use shall be a factor deemed to be consistent with the public
603	interest pursuant to s. 373.223(1)(c). A consumptive use permit
604	issued approving the use of such a source shall be for at least
605	20 years and may be subject to the provisions of s. 373.226(3).
606	However, nothing in this section shall be construed to provide
607	that the use of nonpreferred sources must receive a permit
608	duration of less than 20 years or that such nonpreferred sources
609	are not consistent with the public interest.
610	Section 12. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of
611	section 373.250, Florida Statutes, to read:
612	373.250 Reuse of reclaimed water.--
613	(2)
614	(c) A water management district may require the use of
615	reclaimed water in lieu of surface water or groundwater when the
616	use of uncommitted reclaimed water is environmentally,
617	economically, and technically feasible. However, while
618	recognizing that the state’s surface water and groundwater are
619	public resources, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
620	to give a water management district the authority to require a
621	provider of reclaimed water to redirect reclaimed water from one
622	user to another or to provide uncommitted water to a specific
623	user if such water is anticipated to be used by the provider, or
624	a different user selected by the provider, within a reasonable
625	amount of time.
626	Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
627	373.536, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
628	373.536 District budget and hearing thereon.--
629	(6) FINAL BUDGET; ANNUAL AUDIT; CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN;
630	WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT WORK PROGRAM.--
631	(a) Each district must, by the date specified for each
632	item, furnish copies of the following documents to the Governor,
633	the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
634	Representatives, the chairs of all legislative committees and
635	subcommittees having substantive or fiscal jurisdiction over the
636	districts, as determined by the President of the Senate or the
637	Speaker of the House of Representatives as applicable, the
638	secretary of the department, and the governing board of each
639	county in which the district has jurisdiction or derives any
640	funds for the operations of the district:
641	1. The adopted budget, to be furnished within 10 days
642	after its adoption.
643	2. A financial audit of its accounts and records, to be
644	furnished within 10 days after its acceptance by the governing
645	board. The audit must be conducted in accordance with the
646	provisions of s. 11.45 and the rules adopted thereunder. In
647	addition to the entities named above, the district must provide
648	a copy of the audit to the Auditor General within 10 days after
649	its acceptance by the governing board.
650	3. A 5-year capital improvements plan, to be furnished
651	within 45 days after the adoption of the final budget. The plan
652	must include expected sources of revenue for planned
653	improvements and must be prepared in a manner comparable to the
654	fixed capital outlay format set forth in s. 216.043.
655	4. A 5-year water resource development work program to be
656	furnished within 45 days after the adoption of the final budget.
657	The program must describe the district's implementation strategy
658	for the water resource development component of each approved
659	regional water supply plan developed or revised under s.
660	373.0361. The work program must address all the elements of the
661	water resource development component in the district's approved
662	regional water supply plans and must identify which projects in
663	the work program will provide water, explain how each water
664	resource development project will produce additional water
665	available for consumptive uses, estimate the quantity of water
666	to be produced by each project, and provide an assessment of the
667	contribution of the district’s regional water supply plans in
668	providing sufficient water to meet the water supply needs of
669	existing and future reasonable-beneficial uses for a 1-in-10-
670	year drought event. Within 45 days after its submittal, the
671	department shall review the proposed work program and submit its
672	findings, questions, and comments to the district. The review
673	must include a written evaluation of the program's consistency
674	with the furtherance of the district's approved regional water
675	supply plans, and the adequacy of proposed expenditures. As part
676	of the review, the department shall give interested parties the
677	opportunity to provide written comments on each district's
678	proposed work program. Within 60 days after receipt of the
679	department's evaluation, the governing board shall state in
680	writing to the department which changes recommended in the
681	evaluation it will incorporate into its work program or specify
682	the reasons for not incorporating the changes. The department
683	shall include the district's responses in a final evaluation
684	report and shall submit a copy of the report to the Governor,
685	the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
686	Representatives.
687	(b) If any entity listed in paragraph (a) provides written
688	comments to the district regarding any document furnished under
689	this subsection, the district must respond to the comments in
690	writing and furnish copies of the comments and written responses
691	to the other entities.
692	Section 14. Landscape irrigation design.--
693	(1) The Legislature finds that multiple areas throughout
694	the state have been identified by water management districts as
695	water resource caution areas, which indicates that in the near
696	future water demand in those areas will exceed the current
697	available water supply and that conservation is one of the
698	mechanisms by which future water demand will be met.
699	(2) The Legislature finds that landscape irrigation
700	comprises a significant portion of water use and that the
701	current typical landscape irrigation system and xeriscape
702	designs offer significant potential water conservation benefits.
703	(3) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve
704	landscape irrigation water use efficiency by ensuring landscape
705	irrigation systems meet or exceed minimum design criteria.
706	(4) The water management districts shall develop and adopt
707	by rule landscape irrigation and xeriscape design standards for
708	new construction that incorporate a landscape irrigation system.
709	The standards shall be based on the irrigation code defined in
710	the Florida Building Code, Plumber’s Volume, Appendix F. Such
711	design standards should promote the effective and efficient use
712	of irrigation water and include a consideration of local
713	demographic, hydrologic, and other considerations as they apply
714	to landscape irrigation water use. When adopting an ordinance or
715	regulation, local governments shall use these approved
716	irrigation design standards.
717	(5) The water management districts shall work with the
718	Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects,
719	the Florida Irrigation Society, the Florida Nurserymen and
720	Growers Association, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
721	Services, the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the
722	Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida League of
723	Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties to develop
724	scientifically-based model guidelines for urban, commercial, and
725	residential landscape irrigation, including drip irrigation, for
726	plants, trees, sod, and other landscaping. Local governments
727	shall use the scientific information when developing landscape
728	irrigation ordinances or guidelines. Every 3 years, the
729	agencies and entities specified in this subsection shall review
730	the model guidelines to determine whether new research findings
731	require a change or modification of the guidelines.
732	Section 15. Water metering.--Where economically and
733	logistically feasible, individual water meters shall be required
734	for each new separate occupancy unit of commercial
735	establishments; multifamily residential buildings; condominiums
736	and cooperatives; marinas; and trailer, mobile home, and
737	recreational vehicle parks for which construction is commenced
738	after July 1, 2003. The applicable water utility is not required
739	to assume ownership, maintenance, or billing responsibility for
740	any submeters resulting from such individual metering. A utility
741	may require a master meter at such establishments for purposes
742	of billing a single entity, whereupon the entity may in turn
743	bill the owners of the individual submeters. Individual water
744	meters shall not be required:
745	(1) In those portions of a commercial establishment where
746	the floor space dimensions or physical configuration of the
747	units is subject to alteration as evidenced by nonstructural
748	element partition walls, unless the utility determines that
749	adequate provisions can be made to modify the metering to
750	accurately reflect such alterations.
751	(2) For water used in specialized-use housing such as
752	hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities,
753	convalescent homes, facilities certified under chapter 651,
754	Florida Statutes, government financed or subsidized housing for
755	the elderly or disabled, college dormitories, convents, sorority
756	houses, fraternity houses, motels, hotels, or similar
757	facilities.
758	(3) For separate specifically designated areas for
759	overnight occupancy at trailer, mobile home, and recreational
760	vehicle parks where permanent residency is not established and
761	for marinas where living on board is prohibited by ordinance,
762	deed restriction, or other permanent means.
763	(4) For sites in mobile home parks that were permitted for
764	occupancy by the Department of Health prior to July 1, 2003.
765	(5) For timeshare developments, provided that all of the
766	occupancy units are committed to a timeshare plan as defined in
767	and regulated by chapter 721, Florida Statutes, and none of the
768	occupancy units is used for permanent occupancy.
769	Section 16. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of
770	section 378.212, Florida Statutes, to read:
771	378.212 Variances.--
772	(1) Upon application, the secretary may grant a variance
773	from the provisions of this part or the rules adopted pursuant
774	thereto. Variances and renewals thereof may be granted for any
775	one of the following reasons:
776	(g) To accommodate reclamation that provides water supply
777	development or water resource development not inconsistent with
778	the applicable regional water supply plan approved pursuant to
779	s. 373.0361, provided adverse impacts are not caused to the
780	water resources in the basin. A variance may also be granted
781	from the requirements of part IV of chapter 373, or the rules
782	adopted thereunder, when a project provides an improvement in
783	water availability in the basin and does not cause adverse
784	impacts to water resources in the basin.
785	Section 17. Subsection (9) is added to section 378.404,
786	Florida Statutes, to read:
787	378.404 Department of Environmental Protection; powers and
788	duties.--The department shall have the following powers and
789	duties:
790	(9) To grant variances from the provisions of this part to
791	accommodate reclamation that provides for water supply
792	development or water resource development not inconsistent with
793	the applicable regional water supply plan approved pursuant to
794	s. 373.0361, appropriate stormwater management, improved
795	wildlife habitat, recreation, or a mixture thereof, provided
796	adverse impacts are not caused to the water resources in the
797	basin and public health and safety are not adversely affected.
798	Section 18. Subsections (1) and (6) of section 403.064,
799	Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (16) is added to
800	said section, to read:
801	403.064 Reuse of reclaimed water.--
802	(1) The encouragement and promotion of water conservation,
803	and reuse of reclaimed water, as defined by the department, are
804	state objectives and are considered to be in the public
805	interest. The Legislature finds that the reuse of reclaimed
806	water is a critical component of meeting the state's existing
807	and future water supply needs while sustaining natural systems.
808	The Legislature further finds that for those wastewater
809	treatment plants permitted and operated under an approved reuse
810	program by the department, the reclaimed water shall be
811	considered environmentally acceptable and not a threat to public
812	health and safety. The Legislature encourages the development of
813	incentive-based programs for reuse implementation.
814	(6) A reuse feasibility study prepared under subsection
815	(2) satisfies a water management district requirement to conduct
816	a reuse feasibility study imposed on a local government or
817	utility that has responsibility for wastewater management. The
818	data included in the study and the study’s conclusions shall be
819	given significant consideration by the applicant and the
820	appropriate water management district in an analysis of the
821	economic, environmental, and technical feasibility of providing
822	reclaimed water for reuse under part II of chapter 373, and
823	shall be presumed relevant to the determination of feasibility.
824	A water management district shall not require a separate study
825	when a reuse feasibility study has been completed under
826	subsection (2).
827	(16) Utilities implementing reuse projects are encouraged,
828	except in the case of use by electric utilities as defined in s.
829	366.02(2), to meter use of reclaimed water by all end users and,
830	to charge for the use of reclaimed water based on the actual
831	volume used when such metering and charges can be shown to
832	encourage water conservation. Metering and the use of volume-
833	based rates are effective water management tools for the
834	following reuse activities: residential irrigation, agricultural
835	irrigation, industrial uses, golf course irrigation, landscape
836	irrigation, irrigation of other public access areas, commercial
837	and institutional uses such as toilet flushing, and transfers to
838	other reclaimed water utilities. Beginning with the submittal
839	due on January 1, 2004, each domestic wastewater utility that
840	provides reclaimed water for the reuse activities listed in this
841	section shall include a summary of its metering and rate
842	structure as part of its annual reuse report to the department.
843	Section 19. Section 403.0645, Florida Statutes, is created
844	to read:
845	403.0645 Reclaimed water use at state facilities.--
846	(1) The encouragement and promotion of reuse of reclaimed
847	water has been established as a state objective in ss. 373.250
848	and 403.064. Reuse has become an integral part of water and
849	wastewater management in Florida, and Florida is recognized as a
850	national leader in water reuse.
851	(2) The state and various state agencies and water
852	management districts should take a leadership role in using
853	reclaimed water in lieu of other water sources. Use of reclaimed
854	water by state agencies and facilities will conserve potable
855	water and will serve an important public education function.
856	(3) All state agencies and water management districts are
857	directed to use reclaimed water to the greatest extent
858	practicable for landscape irrigation, toilet flushing, aesthetic
859	features such as decorative ponds and fountains, cooling water,
860	and other useful purposes allowed by department rules at state
861	facilities, including, but not limited to, parks, rest areas,
862	visitor welcome centers, buildings, college campuses, and other
863	facilities.
864	(4) Each state agency and water management district shall
865	submit to the Secretary of Environmental Protection by February
866	1 of each year a summary of activities designed to utilize
867	reclaimed water at its facilities along with a summary of the
868	amounts of reclaimed water actually used for beneficial
869	purposes.
870	Section 20. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
871	403.1835, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is
872	added to said section, to read:
873	403.1835 Water pollution control financial assistance.--
874	(3) The department may provide financial assistance
875	through any program authorized under s. 603 of the Federal Water
876	Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act), Pub. L. No. 92-500, as
877	amended, including, but not limited to, making grants and loans,
878	providing loan guarantees, purchasing loan insurance or other
879	credit enhancements, and buying or refinancing local debt. This
880	financial assistance must be administered in accordance with
881	this section and applicable federal authorities. The department
882	shall administer all programs operated from funds secured
883	through the activities of the Florida Water Pollution Control
884	Financing Corporation under s. 403.1837, to fulfill the purposes
885	of this section.
886	(b) The department may make or request the corporation to
887	make loans, grants, and deposits to other entities eligible to
888	participate in the financial assistance programs authorized
889	under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or as a result of
890	other federal action, which entities may pledge any revenue
891	available to them to repay any funds borrowed. Notwithstanding
892	s. 18.10, the department may make deposits to financial
893	institutions that earn less than the prevailing rate for United
894	States Treasury securities with corresponding maturities for the
895	purpose of enabling such financial institutions to make below-
896	market interest rate loans to entities qualified to receive
897	loans under this section and the rules of the department.
898	(12)(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that for each
899	reclaimed water utility or any other utility that receives funds
900	pursuant to this subsection, the appropriate rate-setting
901	authorities should develop rate structures for all water,
902	wastewater, and reclaimed water and other alternative water
903	supply utilities in the service area of the funded utility which
904	accomplish the following:
905	1. Provide meaningful progress toward the development and
906	implementation of alternative water supply systems, including
907	reclaimed water systems.
908	2. Promote the conservation of fresh water withdrawn from
909	natural systems.
910	3. Provide for an appropriate distribution of costs for
911	all water, wastewater, and alternative water supply utilities,
912	including reclaimed water utilities, among all of the users of
913	those utilities.
914	(b) Funding assistance provided for a water reuse system
915	project shall include the following loan conditions for that
916	project where such conditions will encourage water use
917	efficiency:
918	1. Metering of reclaimed water use for the following
919	activities: residential irrigation, agricultural irrigation,
920	industrial uses except for electric utilities as defined in s.
921	366.02(2), golf course irrigation, landscape irrigation,
922	irrigation of other public access areas, and commercial uses.
923	2. Implementation of reclaimed water rate structures based
924	on actual use of reclaimed water for the reuse types listed in
925	subparagraph 1.
926	3. Implementation of education programs to inform the
927	public about water issues, water conservation, and the
928	importance and proper use of reclaimed water.
929	Section 21. Subsection (6) of section 403.1837, Florida
930	Statutes, is amended to read:
931	403.1837 Florida Water Pollution Control Financing
932	Corporation.--
933	(6) The corporation may issue and incur notes, bonds,
934	certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations or evidences
935	of indebtedness payable from and secured by amounts received
936	from payment of loans and other moneys received by the
937	corporation, including, but not limited to, amounts payable to
938	the corporation by the department under a service contract
939	entered into under subsection (5). The corporation may not issue
940	bonds in excess of an amount authorized by general law or an
941	appropriations act except to refund previously issued bonds. The
942	corporation may issue bonds in amounts not exceeding $50 million
943	in fiscal year 2000-2001, $75 million in fiscal year 2001-2002,
944	and $100 million in fiscal year 2002-2003.The proceeds of the
945	bonds may be used for the purpose of providing funds for
946	projects and activities provided for in subsection (1) or for
947	refunding bonds previously issued by the corporation. The
948	corporation may select a financing team and issue obligations
949	through competitive bidding or negotiated contracts, whichever
950	is most cost-effective. Any such indebtedness of the corporation
951	does not constitute a debt or obligation of the state or a
952	pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the state.
953	Section 22. The Legislature finds that, within the area
954	identified in the Lower East Coast Regional Water Supply Plan
955	approved by the South Florida Water Management District pursuant
956	to s. 373.0361, Florida Statutes, the groundwater levels can
957	benefit from augmentation. The Legislature finds that the direct
958	or indirect discharge of reclaimed water into canals and the
959	aquifer system for transport and subsequent reuse may provide an
960	environmentally acceptable means to augment water supplies and
961	enhance natural systems; however, the Legislature also
962	recognizes that there are water quality and water quantity
963	issues that must be better understood and resolved. In addition,
964	there are cost savings possible by collocating enclosed conduits
965	for conveyance of water for reuse in this area within canal
966	rights-of-way that should be investigated. Toward that end, the
967	Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the
968	South Florida Water Management District, Southeast Florida
969	utilities, affected local governments, including local
970	governments with principal responsibility for the operation and
971	maintenance of a water control system capable of conveying
972	reclaimed wastewater for reuse, representatives of the
973	environmental and engineering communities, public health
974	professionals, and individuals having expertise in water
975	quality, shall conduct a study to investigate the feasibility of
976	discharging reclaimed wastewater into canals and the aquifer
977	system as an environmentally acceptable means of augmenting
978	groundwater supplies, enhancing natural systems, and conveying
979	reuse water within enclosed conduits within the canal right-of-
980	way. The study shall include an assessment of the water quality,
981	water supply, public health, technical, and legal implications
982	related to the canal discharge and collocation concepts. The
983	department shall issue a preliminary written report containing
984	draft findings and recommendations for public comment by
985	November 1, 2003. The department shall provide a written report
986	on the results of its study to the Governor and the relevant
987	substantive committees of the House of Representatives and the
988	Senate by January 31, 2004. Nothing in this section shall be
989	used to alter the purpose of the Comprehensive Everglades
990	Restoration Plan or the implementation of the Water Resources
991	Development Act of 2000.
992	Section 23. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
993	law.
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996	Remove the entire title, and insert:
997
998	A bill to be entitled
999	An act relating to water resources; amending s. 163.3167,
1000	F.S.; requiring local governments to include projected
1001	water use in comprehensive plans; amending s. 367.081,
1002	F.S.; revising procedure for fixing and changing rates to
1003	include the recovery of costs of alternative water supply
1004	facilities; amending s. 367.0814, F.S.; revising limit on
1005	the amount of revenues received by a utility to qualify
1006	for staff assistance in changing rates or charges;
1007	creating s. 373.227, F.S.; providing for the development
1008	of a water conservation guidance manual by the Department
1009	of Environmental Protection; providing for purpose and
1010	contents of the manual and requirements with respect
1011	thereto; requiring the Department of Environmental
1012	Protection to adopt the manual by rule by a specified
1013	date; providing program requirements for public water
1014	supply utilities that choose to design a comprehensive
1015	water conservation program based on the water conservation
1016	guidance manual; amending s. 373.0361, F.S.; providing for
1017	a public workshop on the development of regional water
1018	supply plans that include the consideration of population
1019	projections; providing for a list of water source options
1020	in regional water supply plans; providing additional
1021	regional water supply plan components; including
1022	conservation measures in regional water supply plans;
1023	revising specified reporting requirements of the
1024	Department of Environmental Protection; providing that a
1025	district water management plan may not be used as criteria
1026	for the review of permits for consumptive uses of water
1027	unless the plan or applicable portion thereof has been
1028	adopted by rule; providing construction; amending s.
1029	373.0831, F.S.; revising the criteria by which water
1030	supply development projects may receive priority
1031	consideration for funding assistance; providing for
1032	permitting and funding of a proposed alternative water
1033	supply project identified in the relevant approved
1034	regional water supply plan; amending s. 373.1961, F.S.;
1035	providing funding priority; providing for the
1036	establishment of a revolving loan fund for alternative
1037	water supply projects; providing conditions for certain
1038	projects to receive funding assistance; amending s.
1039	373.1963, F.S.; prohibiting the West Coast Regional Water
1040	Supply Authority from seeking permits from the South
1041	Florida Water Management District for the consumptive use
1042	of water from groundwater in a specified area; amending s.
1043	373.223, F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental
1044	Protection and the water management districts to submit
1045	specified recommendations to the Legislature; creating s.
1046	373.2231, F.S.; directing the Southwest Florida Water
1047	Management District to conduct a comprehensive study of
1048	the cumulative impacts of the existing and projected
1049	demands on the water resources of the Peace River
1050	watershed; providing for a report; creating s. 373.2234,
1051	F.S.; authorizing the governing board of a water
1052	management district to adopt rules identifying certain
1053	preferred water supply sources; providing requirements
1054	with respect to such rules; providing construction;
1055	amending s. 373.250, F.S.; authorizing water management
1056	districts to require the use of reclaimed water in lieu of
1057	surface or groundwater when the use of uncommitted
1058	reclaimed water is environmentally, economically, and
1059	technically feasible; providing construction with respect
1060	to such authority; amending s. 373.536, F.S.; expanding
1061	requirements of the 5-year water resource development work
1062	program for water management districts; providing
1063	legislative findings and intent with regard to landscape
1064	irrigation design; requiring water management districts to
1065	develop landscape irrigation and xeriscape design
1066	standards; providing for individual water meters in
1067	certain establishments; providing exceptions; amending s.
1068	378.212, F.S.; providing for the granting of a variance
1069	from pt. III of ch. 378, F.S., relating to phosphate land
1070	reclamation, for specified reclamation, and from pt. IV of
1071	ch. 373, for certain projects under described
1072	circumstances; amending s. 378.404, F.S.; authorizing the
1073	department to grant variances from the provisions of part
1074	IV of chapter 378 to accommodate reclamation that provides
1075	for water supply development or water resource development
1076	under specified circumstances; amending s. 403.064, F.S.;
1077	revising provisions relating to reuse feasibility studies;
1078	providing for metering use of reclaimed water and volume-
1079	based rates therefor; requiring wastewater utilities to
1080	submit plans for metering use and volume-based rate
1081	structures to the department; creating s. 403.0645, F.S.;
1082	providing for reclaimed water use at state facilities;
1083	requiring reports; amending s. 403.1835, F.S.; authorizing
1084	the Department of Environmental Protection to make
1085	specified deposits for the purpose of enabling below-
1086	market interest rate loans for treatment of polluted
1087	water; providing for development of rate structures for
1088	alternative water supply systems; providing criteria;
1089	amending s. 403.1837, F.S.; deleting certain restrictions
1090	on the issuance of bonds by the Florida Water Pollution
1091	Control Financing Corporation; providing for a study of
1092	the feasibility of discharging reclaimed wastewater into
1093	canals and the aquifer system in a specified area as an
1094	environmentally acceptable means of accomplishing
1095	described objectives; requiring reports; providing an
1096	effective date.