Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40B - Suwannee River Water Management District › Chapter 40B-2 - PERMITTING OF WATER USE › Section 40B-2.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Alternative Water Supplies" means
				saltwater; brackish surface and ground water; surface water captured primarily
				during wet-weather flows; sources made available through the addition of new
				storage capacity for surface or ground water; water that has been reclaimed
				after one or more public supply, municipal, industrial, commercial, or
				agricultural uses; the downstream augmentation of water bodies with reclaimed
				water; storm water and any other water supply sources that are designated as
				non-traditional for a water supply planning region in the applicable regional
				water supply plan.
(2) "Average
				Daily Rate of Withdrawal (ADR)" means the volume of water withdrawn during 365
				consecutive days divided by 365, expressed in million gallons per day. The
				total volume may be calculated using historical data or projected based on the
				best available information.
(3)
				"Basin, " as used in the context of interbasin transfer, means those major
				river basin areas delineated on Map Series Number 72, published by the Florida
				Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology, 1975, down to the
				accounting unit level of recognition. The best information available shall be
				used to precisely define basin boundaries.
(4) "Existing Legal Use" means all uses of
				water which are exempt under Chapter 373, F.S., or Chapter 40B-2, F.A.C., or
				which have a valid Chapter 373, Part II, F.S., permit.
(5) "Harm" means when a use, diversion, or
				withdrawal causes adverse impact to an existing legal use of water, offsite
				land use, water resource, or environmental feature associated with the water
				resource.
(6) "Minimum Flows and
				Levels" means the minimum flow for a watercourse or the minimum water level for
				ground water in an aquifer or the minimum water level for a surfacewater body
				that is the limit at which further withdrawals would be significantly harmful
				to the water resources or ecology of the area. These levels have been
				established by the District for designated water bodies in Chapter 40B-8,
				F.A.C.
(7) "Public Interest" means
				those broad-based interests and concerns that are collectively shared by
				members of a community or residents of the District or the State.
(8) "Reasonable-beneficial Use" means the use
				of water in such quantity as is necessary for economic and efficient
				consumption for a purpose and in a manner which is both reasonable and
				consistent with the public interest.
(9) "Water" or "Waters in the State" means
				any and all water on or beneath the surface of the ground or in the atmosphere,
				including natural or artificial watercourses, lakes, ponds, or diffused surface
				water and water percolating, standing, or flowing beneath the surface of the
				ground, as well as all coastal waters within the jurisdiction of the
				state.
(10) "Water Use" means any
				use of water which reduces the supply from which it is withdrawn or
				diverted.
(11) All definitions in
				Section  373.019, F.S., shall apply to
				this chapter.
Rulemaking Authority
					 120.54(1)(a),
					 373.044,
					 373.113 FS. Law Implemented
					 120.53(1)(a),
					 373.019,
					 373.216
					 FS.
New 10-1-82, Amended 5-1-83, 1-6-10,
					 3-24-14.