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SJRWMD FY 2017-2018 Final Budget Changes and Trends The Division of Water Supply Planning and Assessment was created as a part of the District's reorganization to provide a focused approach to improving the District's water supply planning process. One improvement that has been implemented is reducing the number of planning regions from five to three to improve efficiency in the water supply plan development process. The three regional water supply planning regions are shown on Figure 9 and listed below: • Region 1 — North Florida Regional Water Supply Partnership (NFRWSP) • Region 2 — Central Springs/East Coast • Region 3 — Central Florida Water Initiative (CFWI) Development of MFLs will continue into FY 2017-18, involving additional hydrologic modeling, independent scientific peer review, engineering model peer review, and water resource value assessments. In the area of data collection, the District continues to seek efficiencies while ensuring that necessary data is available to support the scientific work critical to the core mission. The District is continuing to review all data collection efforts to eliminate duplication, ensure data quality, better align data efforts with District priorities, and control costs. Wath Mawgement Datil North 96r a Re iona {Water Sup ly North 1 �r Pan,. s p rFloridar _Cen'tral Springs. �— East/Coast .Cent �I"Florida- Central Florida Water Initiativo �, sornn,ra�t iroriea -1 Watar Maeagtrnt tanhkt — i ., somnrrone, Watailana'<merd District Figure 9. Water Supply Planning Regions Budget Variances As previously explained, the program budget has a 15.2 percent decrease ($2.9 million) compared to the FY 2016-17 amended budget. If the program variance > ±10 percent, major object variances > ±5 percent will be explained and if the program variance < ±10 percent, major object variances > +10 percent will be explained. • A 20 percent reduction under Contracted Services due to a reduction in Non -Recurring Contracted Services ($1.01 million). • A 15.9 percent reduction under Operating Expenses is mainly due to reduced budget levels for Travel — District Business ($19,790), Postage and Courier Service ($15,000), Rental of Buildings and Property ($23,975), Field, Facility and Fleet Support Supplies/Parts under $1,000 ($20,744), Laboratory Supplies ($46,450), and Field, Facility and Fleet Tools under $1,000 ($86,532). • Operating Capital Outlay budget was reduced by 5.6 percent due to a reduction in Field, Facility and Fleet Equipment and Tools over $1,000 ($17,100) and Office Furniture and Equipment over $1,000 (18,000). Page 37