The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been heading two efforts to increase the efficiency and statewide consistency of water-related permitting in Florida. These efforts focus on the Consumptive or Water Use Permitting (CUP/WUP) program and the Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) program. An effort called the Consumptive Use Permitting Consistency Initiative—commonly referred to as … Continue reading “Striving for More Consistent Water-Related Permitting: “CUPcon” and Statewide ERP”