Stephen James of the Florida Association of Counties tells a Senate panel that many counties with springs can't afford the groundwater cleanup requirements proposed under SB 1576. Photo by Bruce Ritchie.
A Senate springs bill cleared its final committee stop on Tuesday with new opposition from cities and counties because of a lack of funding for water quality improvement projects.
SB 1576 had provided an estimated $365 million a year for springs projects but a proposed rewrite would have provided $55 million a year. The rewrite was revised Tuesday to an unspecified appropriation in fiscal year 2014-15 for springs, which received $10 million this year.
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