Services

What We Do

The Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District provides many valuable services in your area. This includes:

Promoting low impact development
Promote the EPA defined LID, sustainable landscaping that can be used to replicate or restore natural watershed functions and /or address targeted watershed goals
Endorse water supply from humidity, e.g. rain barrel use, retention ponds, managing storm water run-off, etc…
Seek ways to solve water quality issues
Educate county residents about soil and water quality issues
Educate county residents about various agricultural opportunities such as community gardening and bee keeping
Educate county residents about the importance of controlling invasive species
An annual tree seedling sale and to expand indigenous tree growth in Volusia County
Reward/recognize those in our county who have excelled in promoting water and soil quality issues

Florida has 62 Soil and Water Conservation Districts. These were established in 1937, under Chapter 582 Florida Statutes. The Districts are governmental subdivisions of the State of Florida. Volusia County is represented by the Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District, which consists of five elected supervisors. To read the entire statute this is the link: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2016/Chapter582

Website Accessibility Policy

Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at .

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.