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About Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District

Public Purpose Statement 

  • Capital projects
  • Debt service
  • Road rights-of-way and easement management
  • Stormwater management
  • To provide drainage for flood control
  • To construct and maintain canals and other drainage works for the purpose of making the area habitable for both settlement and agriculture
  • To provide water and sewer services

Services Description

  • Water and Wastewater – provides water and wastewater utility services
  • Water Management – construction and maintenance of drainage facilities and infrastructure, including pump stations, canals, water bodies, swales, and stormwater conveyance systems. Compliance with water quality requirements mandated by various State and Federal agencies. Operating expenses include engineering, legal, and audit services, canal mowing and aquatic vegetation control, regulatory costs, materials, supplies, and equipment for maintaining infrastructure.
  • District’s Map

Code of Ethics

With the incorporation, the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District became a dependent district of the Town of Loxahatchee Groves and the two entities share the same governing boards with the Town of Loxahatchee Groves Council acting as the Board of Supervisors for the Water Control District.

The Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees, adopted by the Legislature as Part III of Chapter 112, Florida Statutes, contains standards of ethical conduct and disclosures applicable to public officers, employees, candidates, lobbyists, and others in State and local government, with the exception of judges. The Code of Ethics (Chapter 112, Part III, Florida Statutes – Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees), was created to help:

  • Prevent conflicts between public duty and private interests
  • Ensure that public sector employees and officers will not use government office for private gain

All special district local officers and special district employees must comply with Florida’s ethics laws.

The Establishing Entity for the Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District is the Florida Legislature. The Loxahatchee Groves Water Control District was originally created in 1917 under the provisions of Chapter 298, Florida Statutes, commonly referred to as the General Drainage Law of Florida. For more information and service boundaries of the District, consult the District’s Charter. The District’s Map also is provided for your reference.

  • The establishing entity, and the statute or statutes under which the special district operates: Ordinance 2019-01, Laws of Florida Chapter 2018-245, 99-425, 2004-410, 2011-257, 2014-246
  • The district is limited by the Town Charter. The full text of the special district’s charter. 

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