Tag: Regulations
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A Brief History of Florida Stormwater Regulation (Part 3)
Florida Statute 373.016 (1): The waters in the state are among its basic resources. Such waters have not heretofore been conserved or fully controlled so as to realize their full beneficial use. In 1970, the first Earth Day began on April 22nd, and a revolutionary environmental movement was in full swing. Oils spills, rivers catching…
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A Brief History of Florida Stormwater Regulation (Part 2)
As population grew, problems arose, and Florida said: regulation of stormwater quality and quantity is needed on broader scales. Some of the earliest water management legislation began with the General Drainage Act of 1913 and the Pollution of Waters Act of 1913. Big year for regulations, as it goes. These early regulations grew out of…
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A Brief History of Florida Stormwater Regulation (Part 1)
The history of stormwater and drainage law in Florida is complex, but can be summarized down to this: Don’t flood your neighbors and don’t take all the water. In the early 1900’s, Florida followed the common-law doctrine and had few or no defined regulations around matters of stormwater and drainage. Essentially, landowners had absolute rights…