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In Florida, the politics of water are as complicated as the system of canals and dikes that control flooding south of Orlando.

Fortunately, you can now hire a guide to wade through that swamp. Dan DeLisi recently returned to private practice from his stint as chief of staff for the South Florida Water Management District.

DeLisi, now president of DeLisi Land Use Planning & Water Policy in Wellington, is familiar to many business people in Southwest Florida. He represented Bonita Springs-based developer Bonita Bay Group during the housing boom years and founded an engineering firm in Fort Myers in 2006.