MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

W020
SWIM Plan Implementation - Tampa Bay
Project Type SWIM
AOR(s)
Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Alafia River, Hillsborough River, Northwest Hillsborough, Pinellas-Anclote River, Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Project Manager KAUFMAN, KRIS
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This project provides for the implementation, periodic review, and update of the Tampa Bay Surface Water
Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan. The plan was originally prepared in 1988 and updated in 1992 and
1999. Development and update of the SWIM plan is completed in coordination with involved stakeholders and
governmental agencies and includes: an assessment of implementation progress, development of new projects
(rationale and justification), and determination of pertinent Pollutant Load Reduction Goals (PLRG). Additionally, this
project provides for the implementation of projects identified in the Tampa Bay SWIM Plan; including water quality
assessments necessary for SWIM plan implementation, periodic Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) Technical
Advisory Committee meetings, contract development, invoicing, project presentations, site visits and other relevant
tasks.
Benefits
A SWIM Plan must be developed and approved before state SWIM funds can be spent on restoration, protection or
management activities. SWIM projects are eligible for state matching funds with the state funding fifty percent of the
project costs and the District funding the remaining 50 percent.
Costs
The FY2010 ongoing costs for the Tampa Bay SWIM Plan Implementation are funded 25 percent from the
Pinellas-Anclote River, 25 percent from the Manasota, 25 percent from the Hillsborough River, and 25 percent from
the Alafia River Basin Boards. District funds shown in the table include staff salaries.
Additional Information
In 1987, the Florida Legislature established the Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act having
recognized that water quality and habitat in surface waters throughout the state have degraded or were in danger of
being degraded. The Act requires the five water management districts to maintain a priority list of water bodies of
regional or statewide significance within their boundaries, and develop plans and programs for the improvement of
those water bodies. Tampa Bay was identified by the Legislature in the SWIM Act as the highest priority on the
District's SWIM priority list. To date, ten SWIM water bodies in the District have had plans developed and approved by
the state. Several plans have been updated one or more times as required by the Act.
Prior
FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
011 Alafia River Basin 61,541 13,146 23,528
0 98,215
013 Hillsborough River Basin 61,540 13,146 23,966
0 98,652
014 Northwest Hillsborough Basin 61,540 13,146
0
0 74,686
016 Pinellas-Anclote River Basin 62,982 13,146 23,528
0 99,656
021 Manasota Basin 62,358 13,146 23,198
0 98,702
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
State Trust Funds (SWIM) 152,431 65,729
0
0 218,160
State Trust Funds (SWIM) - Prior 2006 236,306 0
0
0 236,306
WMLTF (SWIM) - Prior Year Funds 0 0 44,220
0 44,220
021 - Manasota Basin 30
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$968,597