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be unacceptable when we do water supply planning. This concern has heightened over the past year. Baxter Caston’s In response toquestion,a resident in Sebastian, Barbara stated that the SJRWMD is geographically and hydrologically separated from the Okeechobee area. WATER CONSERVATION RULE - CATHERINE WALKER, 8. P.E., ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Catherine Walker , Assistant Division Director, works in water use regulations. They evaluate requests for water and make sure those uses are efficient uses. She gave an overview of their regulatory program and how it works. She talked about the consumptive use permitting program (CUP), benefits and who needs a permit. They are looking for steps to lower demands, increase the beneficial use of reclaimed water and stormwater, water use permitting strategies to avoid impacts on ground water, and reduce future needs through increased water conservation. This rule will be defined in December. The County is encouraged to educate citizens, encourage landscape designing with native plants that require little supplemental irrigation, look for opportunities to use stormwater or reclaimed water and support the development of local ordinances that require native landscaping. She discussed the Landscape Irrigation Rule that was heard by the Board yesterday. It limits irrigation from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and no more than 2 days per week. They want the local governments to continue the program. This helps dampen peaks on utilities and spreads usage out over four days a week. Included in amendments adopted November 14, 2005 is a provision that the water user can demonstrate two days is not satisfactory and apply for a permit via the Internet. 9. CLOSING REMARKS – UTILITY DIRECTOR ERIK OLSON SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES 4 November 9, 2005