The Withlacoochee River:
Gateway to the Nature Coast
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The WRWSA has adopted its Annual Calendar of Fiscal Year 2018-19 Meeting Dates reflecting the Board’s monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month at the Lecanto Government Building.
Fiscal Year 2018-19 Meeting Dates  |
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| The Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority meeting scheduled for November 14, 2018 has been cancelled. |
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Lecanto Government Building
Room 166
3600 W. Sovereign Path
Lecanto, Florida 34461 |
View the complete Board Meeting Schedule
(with downloadable Documents: Agenda, Minutes, & Board Package - as they become available) |
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2018 Request for Quote (RFQ18-01) for
Irrigation Evaluation Program Phase 5 (Q040)
July 19 - August 20, 2018 |
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RESOLUTION 2018-04
ADOPTION OF FINAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 |
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Special Districts Public Facilities Report
Mr. Roy Mazur, Senior Project Manager with WRA, will present the report to the Board.
At the July 2017 meeting, the Board authorized issuance of Work Order 2017-02 to Water Resource Associates (WRA) to prepare a public facilities report for the Authority. This report is required by Florida Statues. Once prepared, the Authority must file the report with each local government in the Authority’s region, and post the report to our website. The purpose of the report is to provide local governments with information that is pertinent to developing and updating the local governments’ comprehensive plans.
WRA has prepared the WRWSA’s public facilities report. A copy is included as an exhibit to this item in the Board’s meeting materials.
See Exhibit - Special District Public Facilities Report.
Staff Recommendation:
Board acceptance of the Authority’s Special District Public Facilities Report as contained in the Exhibit to this item.
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| WRWSA 2018-2019 Regulatory Plan
Download printable version. |
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RESOLUTION 2017-04
Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority (WRWSA) Board of Directors
Supports the Chassahowitzka and Homosassa Rivers SWIM Plans
prepared by the Southwest Florida Water Management District
Download printable version.
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WRWSA CERTIFICATION OF RULES 2017
(120.695(2) FLORIDA STATUTES)
Download printable version. |
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| Local Government Water Supply Funding Assistance Program
The Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority (WRWSA) will accept applications for its Fiscal Year 2017-18 Local Government Grants Program starting on May 1, 2017. Applications must be received no later than June 30, 2017.
Program Guidelines
Application Process
Application Form 
Draft Project Grant Agreement
This grants program is sponsored by the WRWSA to fund local water conservation projects on a matching basis. The staff will recommend to the Board that the Authority continue to accept grant applications for water conservation-related projects only.
Applications and instructions will be available on the Authority web page at www.wrwsa.org by May 01, 2017. Applications will be considered by the Board at its July 19, 2017 Board meeting. Awards are scheduled to be made at the September 20, 2017 Board meeting.
If you have any questions about the grants program, please contact me at (352) 293-5955. You may also call LuAnne Stout at the Lecanto Office (352) 527-5795. If you desire to contact me by FAX, my FAX number is (352) 527-5797 and my e-mail address is ’richardowen@wrwsa.org’.
Richard S. Owen, AICP, Executive Director
Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority
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WRWSA PRESS RELEASE
January 18, 2017
Contact: Diane Salz
850.339.8550
WITHLACOOCHEE WATER AUTHORITY CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF SERVICE
Regional Collaboration for Ensuring Adequate Drinking Water Supplies
LECANTO, FL -- Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority’s Board of Directors representing Citrus, Hernando, Marion, and Sumter counties began the new year by celebrating its 40th anniversary of service to the region, following its regularly scheduled board meeting. Special guests included Representative Stain McClain, Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board Member Mark Taylor, retired Authority executive director Jack Sullivan, and a host of local elected officials, water professionals, engineers and staff. An official proclamation of support from Senator Wilton Simpson was presented by newly elected Authority Chairman Nick Nicholson (Hernando County Commissioner), while speakers commended the Authority on its forethought and resilience for working collaboratively over four decades to ensure adequate drinking water supplies for the region while promoting natural resource protection. The next regularly scheduled Authority Board of Directors meeting will be on March 15th at 3:30 pm at the Lecanto Government Building, Room 166, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Lecanto, Florida 34461. |
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WRWSA Regional Water Supply Plan
2014 Update Completed
The Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority Regional Water Supply Plan 2014 Update (Plan) is now available and may be viewed on this website at here. The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District), through its Cooperative Funding Initiative, and the WRWSA jointly funded the development of this document.
The Plan is an assessment of water demands and potential water supply sources to meet identified demands through the year 2035. Portions of the Plan will be incorporated into the District’s 2015 update of the Regional Water Supply Plan for the District’s Northern Planning Region. |
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