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Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the many diverse responsibilities of water management into a readable and compelling combination of interesting narratives and deep analysis. Author Tom Swihart's unique, intimate knowledge of Florida's successes and failures in water management brings out both the novelty of Florida's water situation and the features that it has in common with other states.
Florida's Water: A Fragile Resource in a Vulnerable State Tom Swihart
About the Author
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes about Common References
Introduction
Part I The Framework of Water Management
1. The Watery Foundation
2. Origins of the Modern Water Management System
3. The Responsibilities of Water Management
Part II 'Celebrating Diversity': Five Philosophies for Five Water Management Districts
4. Five Philosophies for Five Water Management Districts?
5. Suwannee River: God Made It and Gravity Runs It
6. Northwest Florida: The Forgotten District
7. Southwest Florida: A Truce in the 'Water Wars'
8. St. Johns River: Reaching the Limits of Water Supply?
9. South Florida: Managing Nature
Part III The Issues
10. Water Supply Is Easy
11. Saving the Water
12. Charge a Few Nickels for Water
13. Farming the Water
14. Turning Up the Thermostat in Paradise
Part IV The Water Future
15. Will Florida Get the Water Future Right?
Appendices
Appendix 1: Milestones of Florida Water Management
Appendix 2: Water Congress Recommendations (2008)
Appendix 3: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix 4: Glossary
Overview
Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the ...