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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
FY2014 COOPERATIVE FUNDING INITIATIVE APPLICATION FORM
Project Name
WMP - Cypress Creek Watershed Update
Project Number N404
Cooperator
Hillsborough County BOCC
Department
Contact Person James Barrington
Address
601 E. Kennedy Blvd, 20th Floo
City Sate Zip Tampa, FL 33602
Phone # 813-307-4427
Email
barringtonj@hillsboroughcounty.org
Project Type:
X Water Supply X Water Quality X Flood Protection X Natural Systems
Strategic Initiatives:
X Water Quality Maintenance and Improvement Water Quality Monitoring
X Alternative Water Supply Conservation
Reclaimed Water Regional Water Supply Planning
X Emergency Flood Response Floodplain Management
X Minimum Flows and Level Establishment and Monitoring Minimum Flows and Levels Recovery
Natural Systems Conservation and Restoration Natural Systems Identification and Monitoring
Indicate All Counties to Benefit From Project:
Charlotte Citrus Desoto Hardee Hernando Highlands X Hillsborough Lake
Levy Manatee Marion X Pasco Pinellas Sarasota Sumter Polk
Project Description:
The Cypress Creek Watershed Management Plan Study was completed at the end of FY2002 and updated in 2010. The reports
contain information on data collection, model calibration/verification, and existing conditions for water quantity, water quality and
natural systems within the watershed. Alternatives were evaluated to solve identified flooding and water quality problems. Finally,
the proposed recommendations in these reports support the current stormwater Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that protects
and enhances the quality of life in our community. In the 2010 update, a long term simulation model for 13 Mile Run, which is the
major system of this watershed, was developed with EPA-SWMM 5. All control structures in the 13 Mile Run system were
evaluated with this long term simulation model. Final recommendations for the structure operation in terms of flooding control and
water supply were also provided. This cooperative funding application request is a proposal to continue and expand this project for
the whole watershed.
The products of the updated plan will serve as best available information both for SWFWMD Resources Regulation and County
Land Development Regulation. The continuous updating of watershed plans is essential for making reliable information available to
local and regional decision makers and will help streamline the land development regulation permit process.
The tasks of this project are: 1. to convert the event based model from HCSWMM into EPA SWMM 5; 2. to correct errors (if any) in
the model and GIS files; 3. to extend the long term simulation model to the whole watershed; 4. to perform alternatives analysis
with the new models to identify BMPs in terms of flood control, water quality improvement, and natural systems protection ; and 5.
to provide final recommendations.
Describe your organizations efforts in developing, implementing and enforcing water conservation and flood protection
ordinances.
Water Conservation: Hillsborough County was the premier local government to criminalize the violation of water use restrictions,
and to adopt a civil citation process for the enforcement of the same in July 1993. A fulltime Water Conservation Manager assures
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