Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-610 - REUSE OF RECLAIMED WATER AND LAND APPLICATION › Part VIII - PERMITTING › Section 62-610.870 - Reporting and Enforcement

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Reporting
				  and enforcement procedures shall be pursuant to Chapters 62-600 and 62-620,
				  F.A.C.
(2) For facilities having an
				  approved limited wet weather discharge, reporting and enforcement requirements
				  are specified in Rule
				   62-610.860, F.A.C.
(3) Annual Reuse Report.
(a) Permittees having responsibility for
				  domestic wastewater treatment facilities (new and existing) having permitted
				  capacities of at least 0.1 mgd that discharge all or part of their reclaimed
				  water to reuse systems permitted under this chapter, shall submit an annual
				  report to the Department and the appropriate water management district. This
				  reporting requirement also applies to all permittees responsible for operation
				  of reuse authorities. Domestic wastewater permits issued by the Department
				  identify portions of domestic wastewater projects that are categorized as
				  "reuse." The report shall be electronically submitted annually on or before
				  January 1 of each year using the DEP Business Portal at
http://www.fldepportal.com/go/
utilizing Form  62-610.300(3)(a) 
				  2., Annual Reuse Report, (adopted and incorporated by reference in subparagraph
				   62-610.300(3)(a) 
				  2., F.A.C., effective August 8, 2021,
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13380
).
(b) The report shall include estimates of the
				  annual average utilization (expressed in mgd) of reclaimed water for beneficial
				  purposes and estimates of the annual average flows (expressed in mgd) sent to
				  effluent disposal systems for the previous federal fiscal year (October 1
				  through September 30). These are intended to be estimates. Detailed flow
				  monitoring for all individual uses and users is not required. Data obtained
				  will be used to maintain an inventory of reuse activity in Florida.
(c) Permittees of reuse systems which include
				  commercial agricultural operations using reclaimed water to irrigate edible
				  crops shall attach their inventory of edible crop irrigation required by
				  subsection  62-610.475(5),
				  F.A.C., to the annual reuse report.
(d) Permittees shall attach their inventory
				  of storage facilities, as required by Rules
				   62-610.464 and
				   62-610.830, F.A.C., to the
				  annual reuse report.
(e) Permittees
				  making reclaimed water available for activities regulated by Part III of this
				  chapter shall attach a summary of their public notification program (including
				  copies of public notification materials), as required by subsection
				   62-610.468(6),
				  F.A.C., to the annual reuse report.
(f) Permittees making reclaimed water
				  available for activities listed in subsection
				   62-610.800(13),
				  F.A.C., shall attach a summary of the utility's metering activities and the
				  rate structure that the utility currently employs or plans to employ, as
				  required by subsection
				   62-610.800(13),
				  F.A.C., and Section  403.064(16),
				  F.S., to the annual reuse report.