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Florida House Bill H0661

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1212 House Resolution 1
13-A resolution encouraging One Water approaches to 2
14-integrating water supply, quality, protection, and 3
15-conservation that will support future growth and avoid 4
16-projected water supply shortages. 5
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18- WHEREAS, water is a vital resource essential for human 7
19-health, well-being, and economic prosperity, and 8
20- WHEREAS, this state's strong economy and unprecedented 9
21-growth has resulted in an increasing demand for water and has 10
22-increasingly impacted to this state's water resources, and 11
23- WHEREAS, the residents of this state place a premium on 12
24-clean water, springs, lakes, coastal estuaries, and other 13
25-environmental resources, and 14
26- WHEREAS, this state's spring, lake, estuary, and wetland 15
27-systems include some of the most productive and diverse 16
28-ecosystems in the world, and 17
29- WHEREAS, this state's waterways provide some of this 18
30-nation's best recreational destinations and support significant 19
31-commercial, recreational, and sustenance fisheries, and 20
32- WHEREAS, this state's national rank as a top three producer 21
33-of agricultural products and agricultural production depends on 22
34-adequate water supplies, and 23
35- WHEREAS, despite this state's strong water resource 24
36-protection framework, approximately 67 percen t of this state is 25 
13+A resolution expressing support for a one -water 2
14+approach toward this state's water supply, managing 3
15+all water, whether from the tap, a stream, a storm, an 4
16+aquifer, or a sewer, in a collaborative, integrated, 5
17+inclusive, and holistic manner to support future 6
18+growth of this state's water supply and avoid any 7
19+projected shortages. 8
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21+ WHEREAS, water is a vital resource essential for human 10
22+health, well-being, and economic prosperity, and 11
23+ WHEREAS, this state's strong economy and unprecedented 12
24+growth has resulted in an increasing demand for water and has 13
25+increasingly impacted to this state's water resources, and 14
26+ WHEREAS, the residents of this state place a premiu m on 15
27+clean water, springs, lakes, coastal estuaries, and other 16
28+environmental resources, and 17
29+ WHEREAS, this state's spring, lake, estuary, and wetland 18
30+systems include some of the most productive and diverse 19
31+ecosystems in the world, and 20
32+ WHEREAS, this state' s waterways provide some of this 21
33+nation's best recreational destinations and support significant 22
34+commercial, recreational, and sustenance fisheries, and 23 
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47-categorized as water resource caution areas, and more than 2,000 26
48-water bodies are designated as impaired for water quality, and 27
49- WHEREAS, historically, water management practices have 28
50-addressed water supply, wastewater, and stormwater se parately, 29
51-leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities for resource 30
52-optimization, and 31
53- WHEREAS, projected water shortages, water quality issues, 32
54-and environmental impacts can be addressed through integrated 33
55-planning, infrastructure investments, conse rvation, and 34
56-integrated water resource management, and 35
57- WHEREAS, the Florida One Water Commission, composed of a 36
58-cross-section of stakeholders, supports a one -water approach to 37
59-water resource management, and 38
60- WHEREAS, this state's public water utilities an d other 39
61-water users are beginning to regionally manage all water 40
62-resources in a way that balances demand, supply, and 41
63-environmental protection, and 42
64- WHEREAS, public water utilities and other users are 43
65-increasingly turning to a one -water strategy, valuing a ll water 44
66-through a collaborative and integrated systems approach to 45
67-managing all fresh and brackish surface and groundwater, 46
68-stormwater, wastewater, and recycled water in a holistic and 47
69-sustainable manner that maintains ecosystems while providing 48
70-reliable and resilient water resources that support economic, 49
71-environmental, and public benefits, NOW, THEREFORE, 50
45+ WHEREAS, this state's national rank as a top three producer 24
46+of agricultural products and agricultural production depends on 25
47+adequate water supplies, and 26
48+ WHEREAS, despite this state's strong water resource 27
49+protection framework, approximately 67 percent of this state is 28
50+categorized as water resource caution areas, and more than 2,000 29
51+water bodies are design ated as impaired for water quality, and 30
52+ WHEREAS, historically, water management practices have 31
53+addressed water supply, wastewater, and stormwater separately, 32
54+leading to inefficiencies and missed opportunities for resource 33
55+optimization, and 34
56+ WHEREAS, projected water shortages, water quality issues, 35
57+and environmental impacts can be addressed through integrated 36
58+planning, infrastructure investments, conservation, and 37
59+integrated water resource management, and 38
60+ WHEREAS, the Florida One Water Commission, composed of a 39
61+cross-section of stakeholders, supports a one -water approach to 40
62+water resource management, and 41
63+ WHEREAS, this state's public water utilities and other 42
64+water users are beginning to regionally manage all water 43
65+resources in a way that balances demand, s upply, and 44
66+environmental protection, and 45
67+ WHEREAS, public water utilities and other users are 46
68+increasingly turning to a one -water strategy, valuing all water 47
69+through a collaborative and integrated systems approach to 48
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83-Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 52
84-Florida: 53
80+managing all fresh and brackish surface and groundwater, 49
81+stormwater, wastewater, and recycled water in a holistic and 50
82+sustainable manner that maintains ecosystems while providing 51
83+reliable and resilient water resources that support economic, 52
84+environmental, and public benefits, NOW, THEREFORE, 53
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86- That the House of Representatives encourages One Water 55
87-approaches to water resource management and the use of 56
88-collaborative, integrated, and resilience systems approaches to 57
89-planning for and funding water resource projects. 58
86+Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of 55
87+Florida: 56
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89+ That the House of Representatives expresses support for a 58
90+one-water approach toward this state's water supply, managing 59
91+all water, whether from the tap, a stream, a storm, an aquifer, 60
92+or a sewer, in a collaborative, integrated, inclusive, and 61
93+holistic manner to support future growth of this state's water 62
94+supply and avoid any projected shortages. 63