Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40B - Suwannee River Water Management District › Chapter 40B-3 - PERMITTING OF WELL CONSTRUCTION › Section 40B-3.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Abandon" or "Well abandonment" means to
				plug a well as set forth in Rule
				 40B-3.531, F.A.C.
(2) "Abandoned artesian well" means any well
				as defined in Section
				 373.203(1),
				F.S.
(3) "Abandoned water well" or
				"abandoned well" means any well as defined in Section
				 373.303(1),
				F.S.
(4) "Annulus" or "annular
				space" means any artificially created void existing between a well casing or
				liner pipe and a borehole wall or the space between two casings or liner
				pipes.
(5) "Aquifer" means an
				underground water-bearing formation sufficiently permeable to yield water to
				wells or springs.
(6) "Casing
				diameter" or "diameter of casing" means the largest inside diameter of the
				final casing when less than 14 inches. When equal to or greater than 14 inches,
				it is the largest outside diameter of the final casing.
(7) "Contractor" means any person licensed by
				the Department or a Water Management District, in accordance with Chapter
				62-531, F.A.C., and engaged in the business of construction, repair, or
				abandonment of wells.
(8)
				"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection or its successor
				agency or agencies.
(9)
				"Dewatering" means the use of wells or other such equipment to temporarily
				lower a water level as may be necessary during construction
				activities.
(10) "DOH" means the
				Department of Health or its successor agency or agencies.
(11) "District" means the Suwannee River
				Water Management District operating under the authority of Chapter 373,
				F.S.
(12) "Drive shoe" means any
				device specifically designed, fabricated, and installed to protect the end of a
				well casing or liner pipe from collapse or other damage while the casing or
				liner pipe is being driven into place in a well.
(13) "Governing Board" or "Board" means the
				Governing Board of the District.
(14) "Neat cement grout" or "grout" means a
				mixture of water and Portland cement (American Concrete Institute type I,
				American Concrete Institute type II, Class H, American Concrete Institute type
				III, or any other types of cement approved by the District), and may include
				bentonite (not to exceed five pounds per 94-pound sack of cement), calcium
				chloride (not to exceed three pounds per 94-pound sack of cement) or retarder
				(not to exceed one pound per 94-pound sack of cement) or other additives
				approved by the District to reduce permeability or shrinkage, increase
				fluidity, adjust slurry weight, and/or control set time.
(15) "Inspection port" means any opening in
				the well seal not less than one quarter (1/4) inch in diameter through which
				unobstructed access to the inside of the casing can be obtained for measuring
				water levels and other uses. Inspection ports shall be threaded openings
				temporarily sealed with a removable watertight plug.
(16) "Liner" means a metallic or nonmetallic
				pipe which is installed either within the outer casing to improve, repair, or
				protect the outer casing or below the outer casing to seal off caving materials
				which may be encountered in the open hole of the well.
(17) "Monitor well" means a well used
				primarily to monitor hydrogeologic parameters such as water levels or water
				quality.
(18) "Non-portable well"
				means a water well that is not intended to produce water for human consumption.
				Non-potable water wells include, but are not limited to, irrigation wells,
				geothermal wells, and monitor wells.
(19) "Public supply well" means a well
				constructed for the purpose of supplying water to a public water system, as
				permitted under Chapter 62-550, 62-555, 62-560, 62-524 or 64E-8,
				F.A.C.
(20) "Public supply system"
				means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human
				consumption.
(21) "Test hole" or
				"Geotechnical boring" means an artificial hole in the ground drilled, bored,
				cored, washed, or jetted, the intended use of which includes obtaining data for
				engineering and/or for geophysical or geological exploration; prospecting for
				minerals or products of mining or quarrying; not for the purposes of either
				producing, disposing of, or searching for water.
(22) "Test well" means a well constructed for
				temporary use, designed to allow specific geological or groundwater parameters
				to be examined prior to the construction of a permanent well.
(23) "Tremie method" means a method of well
				abandonment or of grouting an annular space by pumping neat cement grout
				through a pipe in one continuous operation or in stages until grout is observed
				at land surface.
(24) "Upper well
				terminus" means that portion of a continuous water-bearing well casing ending
				above ground surface or within an approved enclosure below ground
				surface.
(25) "Water use permit"
				means a permit issued under Chapter 40B-2, F.A.C.
(26) "Water well" means a well as defined in
				Section  373.303(7),
				F.S.
(27) "Well casing" means a
				metallic or nonmetallic pipe installed in a borehole to prevent caving, provide
				structural strength, seal off zones of poor water quality, or prevent the
				interchange of waters between aquifers.
(28) "Well completion" means termination of
				all well construction, repair, or abandonment activities, including well
				development.
(29) "Well
				modification" means a change in the intended use of a well.
(30) "Well repair" means a repair activity as
				defined in Section  373.303(5),
				F.S.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113,
					 373.171,
					 373.323(8),
					 373.324(4),
					 373.333(1),
					 373.337 FS. Law Implemented
					  373.019,
					  373.106,
					  373.303,
					  373.306,
					  373.342 FS.
New 4-15-81, Amended 9-15-81, 1-31-83, 7-1-85, 8-15-89,
					 6-22-99, 10-18-22.