BWG
BUDELL WATER GROUP
BWG
BUDELL WATER GROUP
Who We Are
Budell Water Group advises public and private sector interests to promote development of comprehensive water resource protection programs. BWG educates stakeholders about persisting ecological problems and how to construct precise restoration efforts. Focused on long-term solutions, BWG strives to build a foundation of water resource protection plans that will benefit future Floridians.
About
About
Rich Budell
Bio
Rich Budell has more than 30 years’ experience both developing and implementing water resource protection and conservation policy and programs. Rich served as Director of the Office of Agricultural Water Policy with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for 17 years. With decades of experience working among both private and public sector stakeholders, Rich has appeared before United States House and Senate Congressional Committees on multiple occasions concerning water policy. Rich served on the National Academy of Sciences panel evaluating water restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. He is the former Chair of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Everglades.
Legislation
Mr. Budell has co-authored multiple sections of Florida’s comprehensive water resource protection and restoration law including:
• The Florida Watershed Restoration Act
• The Lake Okeechobee Protection Act
• The Water Protection and Sustainability Act
• The Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Act
• Agricultural Water Supply Planning
• The Environmental Resources Act.
Organizations
Mr. Budell has served as a member of:
• The Central Florida Water Initiative Steering Committee
• The Governor’s Oceans Council
• The Pollutant Trading Policy Advisory Committee
• The Water Use Classification Policy Advisory Committee
• The Pesticide Review Council