2025 Handbook of Florida Water Regulation: State Regulatory Powers

Michael T. Olexa, Weizhe Weng, and Sean Olevnik

Release Date: 9/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fe581-2021

Water Resources

Abstract

This handbook is designed to provide a summary of the principal federal and state (Florida) laws that directly or indirectly relate to agriculture. Because these laws are subject to constant revision, portions of the handbook could become outdated at any time. The reader should use it as a means to determine areas in which to seek more information and as a brief directory of agencies that can help answer more specific questions.

About this Publication

This document is FE581, one of a series of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 1998. Revised June 2017, April 2021, and February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Michael T. Olexa, professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, and director, UF/IFAS Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law; Weizhe Weng, assistant professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics; and Sean Olevnik, student, UF Levin College of Law; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Olexa, M. T., Borisova, T., & Caracciolo, J. (2021). 2021 Handbook of Florida Water Regulation: State Regulatory Powers. EDIS, 2021(3), 3. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fe581-2021

Authors

Tatiana Borisova

former associate professor and extension specialist, Department of Food and Resource Economics

Michael Olexa

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University of Florida

professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, and director, UF/IFAS Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law, and member, Florida Bar