Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40C - St. Johns River Water Management District › Chapter 40C-3 - WATER WELLS › Section 40C-3.041 - Permits Required

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Unless
				expressly exempted by statute or this chapter, a well construction permit must
				be obtained from the District prior to the construction, repair or abandonment
				of any well within the District's jurisdiction.
(2) A well construction permit must be
				obtained from the District prior to the construction, repair, or abandonment of
				any non-potable water well in areas designated by the Department pursuant to
				Chapter 62-524, F.A.C. All potable wells will require a permit under Chapter
				62-524, F.A.C., from the entity to which the authority to issue a permit has
				been delegated.
(3) Unless
				expressly exempted by statute or District rule, a well construction permit must
				be obtained prior to the construction of any gang well, the total nominal
				casing sizes of which equal six inches or more, for the purpose of procuring or
				obtaining water other than for dewatering.
(4) No test hole or exploratory well shall be
				converted to a water well until a well construction permit is
				obtained.
(5) A well construction
				permit is required prior to the construction of any public supply well. Rules
				 62-555.310 and
				 62-555.312, F.A.C., which are
				incorporated by reference in subsections
				 40C-3.036(3) 
				-(4), F.A.C., respectively, set forth public supply well construction standards
				and permitting standards. This permitting program shall be administered and
				enforced by the District under the authority delegated to it by the Department,
				pursuant to general delegation of authority to water management districts in
				the Delegation of Authority and Responsibility to the: Northwest Florida Water
				Management District, Suwannee River Water Management District, St. Johns River
				Water Management District, Southwest Florida Water Management District, and the
				Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, Pursuant to Chapter 373,
				F.S., dated August 20, 1974, which is hereby incorporated by reference and
				available at (
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07133
)
				and upon request from the St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid
				Street, Palatka, FL 32177-2529. This authority with respect to public supply
				wells is more specifically set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding between
				the St. Johns River Water Management District and the Department, dated
				February 15, 1978, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available at
				(
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07134
)
				and upon request from the St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid
				Street, Palatka, FL 32177-2529.
(6)
				A single permit may be obtained for the construction, repair, or abandonment of
				the following multiple well systems provided the wells have similar
				construction into the same formation material, are completed in the same
				hydrogeologic unit, are located on a contiguous tract of land owned by the same
				person or entity, and the criteria in Rule
				 40C-3.301, F.A.C., are met:
(a) Up to ten monitoring wells;
(b) Ganged wells;
(c) Remediation wells;
(d) Non-exempt site investigation wells;
				or
(e) Closed-loop (earth-coupled)
				geothermal wells.