hydrologic monitoring network to provide the data needed for MFL development and resource assessments to further evaluate surface water availability. The NWFWMD anticipates adoption of its first MFLs in 2019.

At this time, available surface water resources in excess of those already permitted, if any, have not been identified in the NWFWMD. Until such time as MFLs are established and availability of surface water determined, the NWFWMD will continue to evaluate applications for consumptive uses of surface waters on a case-by-case basis to protect and sustain natural resources.

Although the NWFWMD has not yet adopted MFLs for its priority water bodies, the NWFWMD has established water reservations on two rivers under rule 40A-2.223, F.A.C. The magnitude, duration and frequency of observed flows of the Apalachicola and Chipola rivers are reserved for all seasons of the year for the protection of fish and wildlife of the rivers, associated floodplains and Apalachicola Bay (Figure~\ref{fig:figure_6_1_3}). The rule states that, with certain exemptions, consumptive withdrawals of surface water from the main stem of these rivers and the Chipola Cutoff are not in the public interest. These reservations explicitly define that surface water from the main stem of Apalachicola and Chipola rivers is unavailable for consumptive use.

The 2012 Regional Water Supply Plan Update for Region II (Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties) includes a potential surface water alternative water supply project for Okaloosa County \cite{NWFWMD_2012}. The quantity of water available from the Shoal River for this project has not yet been determined.

\subsubsection{South Florida Water Management District - Potential Future Supply}

The SFWMD operates and maintains 2,060 miles of canals, 2,080 miles of levees and berms, 1,413 water control structures and 71 pump stations in the Congressionally authorized Central and Southern Florida (C\&SF) Project. The canal system, depicted in Figure~\ref{fig:figure_6_4_2}, provides an interconnected network of conveyance features to move water within the system. It is as a result of this interconnected system that the SFWMD can manage and deliver water from various regions. Unlike other watersheds in the State, rainfall within one watershed has the potential to be captured and stored for subsequent delivery to another watershed within the C\&SF.

Due to adverse effects to the environment that were identified in the 1990s, the original C\&SF system is now being modified under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). CERP provides a framework and guide to restore, protect and preserve the water resources of central and southern Florida, including the Everglades. It covers sixteen counties and over 18,000 square miles. The CERP Plan was approved in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 and is expected to take more than 30 years to construct.

On average, approximately 3.5 million acre-feet of water is discharged to tide from the C\&SF system each year (about 3,200 MGD). Figure~\ref{fig:figure_6_4_5} illustrates the major discharge locations in the C\&SF system. The goal of CERP and other closely associated projects, is to capture fresh