City of Sunrise v. South Florida Water Management District

The City of Sunrise appeals the final order of the South Florida Water Management District granting a consumptive use permit for withdrawing water from the Floridian Aquifer for Indian Trace Community Development District’s1 public water system. Sunrise currently provides potable water to the area of unincorporated Broward County that includes Indian Trace from the Biscayne aquifer. Sunrise provides the facilities, the infrastructure, and the staff to deliver water to its customers, and, as a result, has substantial bond obligations that the revenue therefrom is pledged to pay.

Indian Trace…