The District is also working to improve the Kissimmee River and its floodplain, Lake Okeechobee and South Florida's coastal estuaries.
The district's governing board consists of Chauncey Goss, Scott Wagner, Ron Bergeron Sr., Carlos E. Martinez, Cheryl Meads, Charlette Roman, Jay Steinle, and Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch.
In 1976, voters approved a constitutional amendment giving the districts the authority to levy property taxes to help fund these activities.
A book detailing the first forty years of the South Florida Water Management District titled "Into the Fifth Decade" was written by Thomas E.
[2] In the year 2000, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan began to undo some ecosystem damage caused by the C&SF Project.