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SJRWMD FY 2017-18 Final Budget
<br />The District has jurisdiction over 12,283 square miles, which is approximately 21
<br />percent of the state's land area. It includes the entire St. Johns River watershed, the
<br />Ocklawaha River, the northern portion of the Indian River Lagoon, Lake Apopka, and
<br />the Florida side of the St. Marys River basin. The District is also home to seven
<br />Outstanding Florida Springs, including Silver Springs, Silver Glen Springs, Alexander
<br />Springs, Blue Spring, DeLeon Spring, Wekiva Springs, and Gemini Springs. In 2016,
<br />approximately 4.95 million people resided in the District, a population that is projected to
<br />reach 6.61 million by the year 2035.
<br />The District's original focus on flood control has been expanded to include water
<br />resource development, water supply planning, water quality protection, and
<br />environmental enhancement. To meet these challenges, the District has undertaken
<br />land acquisition, the Upper St. Johns River Basin Project, surface water permitting,
<br />including wetlands protection, and many surface water restoration and management
<br />projects.
<br />Operating budgets are funded primarily with a combination of ad valorem taxes, other
<br />local revenues (permit fees, interest earnings), and state appropriations from general
<br />sales taxes and documentary stamp taxes on real estate transactions collected
<br />statewide.
<br />The District is governed by a nine -member Governing Board, each with a four-year
<br />term. Under the direction of its Governing Board, the District's organization is structured
<br />by divisions, offices and bureaus per an organizational realignment plan effective
<br />October 16, 2015. The divisions, offices and bureaus manage and implement District
<br />programs, projects and activities.
<br />The District operates and maintains more than 100 major and minor water control
<br />structures, including 11 spillways, three navigational locks, and approximately 300 miles
<br />of levees and canals. The District owns nearly 700,000 acres of land (through transfers,
<br />donations, fee -simple purchases and less -than -fee acquisitions). The District has 564.7
<br />full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) projected to be funded in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-
<br />18. The FTEs work out of three owned facilities, which include the headquarters facility
<br />in Palatka, the Sunnyhill Field Office, and a service center in Palm Bay, as well as
<br />leased service centers in Jacksonville and Maitland. The telephones and addresses for
<br />individual service centers are listed below.
<br />District Headquarters
<br />4049 Reid Street
<br />Palatka, Florida 32177
<br />386-329-4500
<br />Maitland Service Center
<br />601 South Lake Destiny Road, Suite
<br />200
<br />Maitland, Florida 32751
<br />407-659-4800
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<br />Jacksonville Service Center
<br />7775 Baymeadows Way, Suite 102
<br />Jacksonville, Florida 32256
<br />904-730-6270
<br />Palm Bay Service Center
<br />525 Community College Parkway
<br />S.E.
<br />Palm Bay, Florida 32909
<br />321-409-2011
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