St. Johns River Water Management District

[1] It employs approximately 600 people at offices in Palatka, Jacksonville, Maitland, and Palm Bay.

[3] SJRWMD is one of five water management districts that were established in 1972 by Chapter 373, Florida Statutes, as independent special districts, and were empowered by the electorate in 1976 to assess ad valorem taxes to fund the management of the state's water and related land resources, to benefit people and the environment.

[4] Each water management district is administered by a Governing Board composed of residents appointed by the Governor and approved by the Florida Senate.

The counties which are entirely within SJRWMD are: Brevard, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Nassau, St. Johns, Seminole, Putnam, and Volusia.

As of 2012[update], 4.73 million people (about 21 percent of the state's population) made their home in SJRWMD.