st johns river management

An article in the TU online this morning reveals that central florida wants to tap the St Johns River in order to support future development. 

Do the powers that be have a good enough grip on the long term effects of messing with the enviroment to even be considering this?

Is this just another situation where the tax payers are going to foot the bill to line already very full pockets?

When you try to put 10lbs of bs in a 5lb bag will it not burst?  At some point does no one have the common sense when to realize that not everything should be developed? 

Very dangerous undertaking, for no true legitimate reason other then greed.