Legislators left no doubt how they felt when they passed one of the first bills in the 2016 session.
Florida was failing to take care of its most treasured springs.
One part of the sweeping new law ordered the Department of Environmental Protection to create rules to stop local governments and big businesses from pumping too much freshwater out of the Floridan Aquifer, depriving 30 “Outstanding Florida Springs” of their lifeblood.
