Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-40 - WATER RESOURCE IMPLEMENTATION RULE › Section 62-40.540 - Water Data

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) All local
				governments, water management districts, and state agencies are directed by
				Section  373.026(2),
				F.S., to cooperate with the Department in making available to the Department
				such scientific or factual data as they may possess. The Department shall
				prescribe the format and ensure the quality control for all water quality data
				collected or submitted.
(2) The
				Department is the state's lead water quality monitoring agency and central
				repository for surface water and ground water information. The Department shall
				coordinate Department, District, state agency, and local government water
				quality monitoring activities to improve data and reduce costs.
(3) The Department's FLORIDA STORET water
				quality data base shall be the central repository of the state's water quality
				data. To assure that it is readily available to the public and for use in the
				Department's watershed management program, all appropriate water quality data
				collected by the Department, Districts, local governments, and state agencies
				shall be placed in the FLORIDA STORET system within one year of
				collection.
(4) The Department's
				biennial state water quality assessment (the "305(b) Report") shall be the
				state's general guide to water quality assessment and should be used as the
				basis for assessments unless more recent, more accurate, or more detailed
				information is available. The 305(b) report shall be based, in part, on the
				assessment methodology set forth in Chapter 62-303, F.A.C.
(5) Appropriate monitoring of water quality
				and water withdrawal shall be required of permittees.
(6) The Districts shall implement a strategy
				for measuring, estimating, and reporting withdrawal and use of water by
				permitted and exempted users. Thresholds for measurement requirements and
				reporting applicable to permittees shall be established and adopted by rule;
				however, all water use permits for more than an annual average of 100, 000
				gallons per day shall require that the use be measured by a cost-effective
				method. This information shall be reported to the Districts at reasonable
				intervals. The Districts are encouraged to summarize and analyze water use in
				the District at least annually.
(7)
				The Department and the Districts shall coordinate in the development and
				implementation of a standardized computerized statewide data base and
				methodology to track activities authorized by environmental resource permits in
				wetlands and waters of the state. The data base will be designed to provide for
				the rapid exchange of information between the Department and the Districts. The
				Department will serve as the central repository for environmental resource
				permit data and shall specify the data base organization and electronic format
				in which the data are to be provided by the Districts.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.026(7),
					 373.036(1)(d),
					 373.043,
					 373.171 FS. Law Implemented
					  373.023,
					  373.026,
					  373.036(1)(d),
					  373.103,
					  373.171,
					  373.413,
					  373.414,
					  373.418,
					 FS.
New 7-20-95, Amended
					 5-7-05.