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The article discusses the decision on the case Florida Public Interest Research Group v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, concerning the agency's duty to review water quality standards. The ruling is a success for citizen watchdog groups concerned about the attempts of states to circumvent the requirements of the Clean Water Act through complicated administrative rule changes. The lower court was required to investigate whether the agency is enforcing clean water laws and oversee the review of Impaired Water Program in Florida.

Discusses the emergence of spring water bottling in Florida as a locally unwanted land use. Pressures present to exploit springs; History of modern water law and management in Florida; Policies codified in the state's Water Resources Act; Analysis of the consumptive use permitting process, minimum levels and flows and other regulatory mechanisms; Role of the bottled water industry in springs resource management; Statewide debate over springs protection and water resource management.

Features several articles presented at the symposium developed as part of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in January 2000, under the title "What Would an Ecocentric Public Administration Look Like?." Ways which environmental philosophy might be expected to provide valuable assistance to public administration; Challenges posed by using watersheds as organizational foundations for environmental administration; Argument that public administration can benefit from environmental theory as a guide to a new economic theory; Concern for a more biocentric public administration.

Highlights the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law's 10th annual Public Interest Environmental Conference, which was held in February 2004. Attendance figures; Conference speakers; Topics of panel discussions; Keynote address given by author and columnist Carl Hiaasen; Special sessions on the subjects of environmental justice and other environmental issues.