Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40E - South Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40E-10 - WATER RESERVATIONS › Section 40E-10.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
Fakahatchee Estuary
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				The area within the Ten Thousand Islands region including the following
				river/bay systems, from west to east: Blackwater River/Blackwater Bay, Whitney
				River/Buttonwood Bay, Pumpkin River/Pumpkin Bay, Wood River, Little Wood River
				and Faka Union Canal/Faka Union Bay, and Fakahatchee Bay as depicted in Figure
				1-3 Fakahatchee Estuary.
(2)
Picayune Strand -
The area located southwest of the Florida
				Panther National Wildlife Refuge, north of the Ten Thousand Islands NWR, east
				of the South Belle Meade State Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL)
				Project, west of the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, and northeast of
				Collier-Seminole State Park as depicted in Figure 1-2 Picayune Strand. The
				legal description of the Picayune Strand is contained in Appendix 1.
(3)
North Fork of the St. Lucie
				River
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The area that extends from the Gordy Road
				structure (state plane coordinates, x851212.831, y1116105.7470), to the
				confluence of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River and the C-24 canal (state
				plane coordinates, x873, 712.20, y1064, 390.41) as depicted in Appendix 2,
				Figure 2-1.
(4)
Nearshore
				Central Biscayne Bay
- The area within Biscayne Bay up to 1640 feet
				(500 meters) from the shoreline beginning south of Shoal Point extending
				southward to north of Turkey Point as depicted in Figure 3-1.
(5) Caloosahatchee River - The surface waters
				that flow through the S-79 structure, combined with tributary contributions
				below S-79 that collectively flow southwest to San Carlos Bay, as defined in
				subsection  40E-8.021(2),
				F.A.C.
(6) Caloosahatchee River
				(C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir - A reservoir located in Hendry County,
				Florida, west of the City of LaBelle on the east side of the Townsend Canal and
				south of SR 80 as described in Appendix 1-12, and depicted in Figure 1-13 (also
				known as the 'C-43 Reservoir').
(7)
				Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir - A reservoir located in Palm
				Beach County, Florida, south of the City of South Bay between the Miami and
				North New River Canals as described in Appendix 3 and depicted in Figure
				3-5.
(8) For the Upper Chains of
				Lakes, Headwaters Revitalization Lakes, and Kissimmee River water reservation,
				the following definitions apply:
(a) Lakes
				Hart-Mary Jane Reservation Waterbodies - Lake Hart, Lake Mary Jane, Lake
				Whippoorwill, Whippoorwill Canal, and the Central and Southern Florida Flood
				Control Project canals that occur between the S-57 and S-62 structures in
				Orange and Osceola counties, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and
				4-2A.
(b) Lakes Myrtle-Preston-Joel
				Reservation Waterbodies - Lake Myrtle, Lake Preston, Lake Joel, Myrtle/Preston
				Canal, and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project canals that
				occur between the S-57 and S-58 structures in Osceola County, as depicted in
				Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and 4-3A.
(c) East Lake Tohopekaliga Reservation
				Waterbodies - East Lake Tohopekaliga, Fells Cove, Ajay Lake, Lake Runnymede,
				Runnymede Canal, and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project
				canals that occur between the S-59 and S-62 structures in Orange and Osceola
				counties, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and 4-4A.
(d) Lake Tohopekaliga Reservation Waterbodies
				- Lake Tohopekaliga and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project
				canals that occur between the S-59 and S-61 structures in Osceola County, as
				depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and 4-5A.
(e) Alligator Chain of Lakes Reservation
				Waterbodies - Alligator Chain of Lakes, including Lake Center, Coon Lake, Trout
				Lake, Lake Lizzie, Brick Lake, Alligator Lake, Live Oak Lake, and Sardine Lake;
				Center/Coon, Live Oak, Sardine, and Brick canals; and the Central and Southern
				Florida Flood Control Project canals that occur between the S-58 and S-60
				structures in Osceola County, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and
				4-6A.
(f) Lake Gentry Reservation
				Waterbodies - Lake Gentry and the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control
				Project canals that occur between the S-60 and S-63A structures in Osceola
				County, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and 4-7A.
(g) Headwaters Revitalization Lakes
				Reservation Waterbodies - Lake Kissimmee, Lake Hatchineha, Tiger Lake, Tiger
				Creek, Cypress Lake, Zipprer Canal east of the G-103 structure, Jackson Canal
				downstream of the G-111 structure, and the Central and Southern Florida Flood
				Control Project canals that occur between the S-61, S-63A, and S-65 structures
				in Osceola and Polk counties, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and
				4-8A.
(h) Kissimmee River
				Reservation Waterbodies - The Kissimmee River and its 100-year floodplain
				between the S-65 and S-65D structures, Istokpoga Canal and the floodplain
				located east of the S-67 structure; and the C-38 Canal and remnant river
				channels between the S-65D and S-65E structures in Polk, Osceola, Okeechobee
				and Highlands counties, as depicted in Appendix 4, Figures 4-1 and
				4-9.
(i) Upper Chain of Lakes
				Reservation Waterbodies - Refers to the collective waterbodies defined in
				paragraphs (8)(a)-(8)(f) above, as depicted in Figure 4-1.
(j) Contributing Waterbodies - All wetlands
				and other surface waters, including canals and ditches, that contribute surface
				water to a reservation waterbody, as depicted in Figures 4-1, 4-4A, 4-5A, 4-6A,
				4-7A, 4-8A, and 4-9.