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IV. Program Allocations
1.2 Research, Data Collection, Analysis and Monitoring – Activities that support district water
management planning, restoration, and preservation efforts, including water quality monitoring, data
collection and evaluation, and research.
District Description
This activity consists of District-managed and outsourced data collection, data analysis, and basic
research. Support is provided to state-mandated efforts such as coordinated land use/land cover
mapping and water quality monitoring. The Regional Observation and Monitor-well Program (ROMP)
provides the technical characterization of the District’s ground water resources, constructs long-term
ground water level and quality monitoring sites, and performs detailed hydrogeologic investigations in
support of Water Resource Assessment Projects (WRAPs) and other water resource management
efforts.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
ACTIVITY BY EXPENDITURE CATEGORY
Fiscal Years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14
TENTATIVE BUDGET - Fiscal Year 2013-2014
1.2 Research, Data Collection, Analysis and Monitoring
Fiscal Year 2009-10
(Actual-Audited)
Fiscal Year 2010-11
(Actual-Audited)
Fiscal Year 2011-12
(Actual-Audited)
Fiscal Year 2012-13
(Current Amended)
Fiscal Year 2013-14
(Tentative Budget)
Difference in $
(Current -- Tentative)
% of Change
(Current -- Tentative)
Salaries and Benefits $8,276,309 $6,590,448 $5,812,873 $6,015,440 $6,327,535 $312,095 5.2%
Other Personal Services 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contracted Services 8,759,588 11,022,443 7,997,384 5,546,645 6,387,151 840,506 15.2%
Operating Expenses 1,279,095 1,285,538 833,400 977,996 967,549 (10,447) -1.1%
Operating Capital Outlay 308,899 99,997 79,949 43,000 326,359 283,359 659.0%
Fixed Capital Outlay 21,443 52,141 30,369 45,500 30,500 (15,000) -33.0%
Interagency Expenditures (Cooperative Funding) 661,532 283,313 589,371 77,000 50,000 (27,000) -35.1%
TOTAL $19,306,866 $19,333,880 $15,343,346 $12,705,581 $14,089,094 $1,383,513 10.9%
SOURCE OF FUNDS District Revenues Fund Balance Debt Local Revenues State Revenues Federal Revenues TOTAL
Fiscal Year 2013-14 $13,693,514 $0 $0 $159,000 $236,580 $0 $14,089,094
OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING
Fiscal Year 2013-14
Operating
(Recurring - all revenues)
Non-operating
(Non-recurring - all revenues)
Salaries and Benefits $6,327,535 $0
$6,327,535
Other Personal Services 0 0
0
Contracted Services 2,422,960 3,964,191
6,387,151
Operating Expenses 967,549 0
967,549
Operating Capital Outlay 326,359 0
326,359
Fixed Capital Outlay 0 30,500
30,500
Interagency Expenditures (Cooperative Funding) 0 50,000
50,000
TOTAL $10,044,403 $4,044,691 $14,089,094
TOTAL
Changes and Trends:
The District's water management mission necessitates a science-intensive approach to decision
making, which requires reliable data of many types. The District monitors and collects a great deal of
data itself and obtains additional data from various sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS). Basic data such as aquifer levels, lake levels, stream flows, rainfall, water quality, and
biologic information are used to characterize water resources and are essential for the modeling and
analysis that supports regulation, structure operations, emergency management, stormwater
management, flood mapping, minimum flows and levels (MFLs) establishment, MFLs recovery projects,
water supply planning and development, and other core District functions. Geographic data is a special
category which includes topography, land use/land cover, orthophotos and other data layers that is
combined for analyses that support critical projects using the District's Geographic Information Systems
(GIS). The District has automated much of its data collection – particularly ground and surface water
levels through the implementation of the Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) System.
The SCADA System not only provides efficient data collection, but also allows data to be made
available through the District’s internet site. The District has been working to improve efficiency in its
data collection programs. The annual contract with the USGS has been reduced, and in-house efforts
have been increased for data collection and production of secondary data such as aquifer
potentiometric surface maps. Additionally, the frequency of aerial mapping and orthophoto production
has been reduced from annually to every three years. The proposed budget increase for orthophoto
mapping reflects this three-year cycle. The District is leading an effort through the Springs Initiative to
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