Northwest Florida Water Management District v. Department of Community Affairs

The Northwest Florida Water Management District (District) petitioned this Court for a writ of prohibition or writ of quo waiTanto, raising a challenge to the authority of the Department of Community Affairs (Department) to require property owners who wished to drill wells on their property to obtain permits from the Department. The petition for writ of prohibition was previously denied in accoi’-dance with Broward County v. Florida National Properties, 613 So.2d 587 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Having now considered the arguments of the parties regarding the District’s entitlement to the writ of quo…