Fig. 1. We examine water distribution, its role in driving development, and their socioecological effects.

Clear- water Tampa St. Petersburg Tampa Bay 10 km Fig. 2. In the current study, the TBRS includes the City of Tampa and the area occupied by Tampa Bay Water’s integrated water-supply system. Figure courtesy of Tampa Bay Water.

Fig. 3. Jurisdictional hierarchy that regulates water management and supply to the TBRS. The water supplier, Tampa Bay Water, serves the area approximated in the inset aerial photograph of the Tampa Bay region. Tampa Bay Water is subject to regulation by SWFWMD (blue area in west-central Florida), which in turn is affected by state-level politics because its Board of Governors is appointed and confirmed by state politicians.

Fig. 4. Mixed upland trees and shrubs replacing dead and falling cypress in a cypress dome wetland impacted by groundwater pumping. Photograph courtesy of Ted Rochow.

A. B. Figure 5. A. Wetland monitoring instrumentation located at over 100 wetlands as part of the NTB II. B. Example WAP transect. Figures courtesy of SWFWMD.