Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40D - Southwest Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40D-3 - REGULATION OF WELLS › Section 40D-3.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Abandoned well" means a well the use of
				which has been permanently discontinued. Any well shall be deemed abandoned
				which is in such a state of disrepair, that continued use for the purpose of
				obtaining groundwater or disposing of water or liquid wastes, or for
				observation is impracticable.
(2)
				"Annulus" or "annular space" means any artificially created void existing
				between a well casing or liner pipe and a borehole wall, or between two casings
				or between tubing and the casing or liner pipe.
(3) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation,
				group of formations, or part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated,
				permeable material to yield useful quantities of ground water to wells and
				springs.
(4) "Casing diameter" or
				"diameter of casing" means the largest nominal permanent water bearing casing.
				For the purposes of this Chapter, the diameter of the casing at the upper
				terminus will be presumed to be the diameter for the entire length, unless the
				well owner or contractor can demonstrate that the well has a smaller diameter
				permanent water bearing casing below the upper terminus.
(5) "Confining unit" means a body of
				relatively impermeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more
				aquifers in which hydraulic conductivity may range from nearly zero to some
				value distinctly lower than that of the aquifer.
(6) "Consolidated" means a stratum which is
				cemented with a binding substance commonly derived from within the deposit
				containing that stratum.
(7)
				"Construction of water wells" means all parts and acts necessary to obtain
				ground water by wells, including the location and excavation of the well, but
				excluding the installation of pumps and pumping equipment.
(8) "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.
(9)
				"Department" means the Florida Department of Environmental
				Protection.
(10) "District" means
				the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
(11) "Driller" means a licensed contractor,
				or a person working for a licensed contractor who actually constructs the
				well.
(12) "Drilling equipment"
				means a drilling rig or other apparatus used in constructing a well.
(13) "Drive shoe" means any device
				specifically designed, fabricated and installed to protect the lower end of a
				water well casing or liner pipe from collapse or other damage while the casing
				or liner pipe is being driven into place in a well.
(14) "Field log" means an accurate, written
				documentation of all construction activities needed to fill out well completion
				reports.
(15) "Filter pack" means
				sand or gravel that is uniform, clean, and siliceous. It is placed in the
				annulus of the well between the borehole wall and the well screen.
(16) "Gang well" means a system where two or
				more water wells are coupled together with a common header or
				manifold.
(17) "Incomplete well"
				means any attempted well the construction of which has been discontinued and
				which is unsuitable for any permitted use.
(18) "Inspection port" means any opening in
				the well seal or casing wall not less than one-quarter inch in diameter through
				which unobstructed access to the inside of the casing can be obtained for
				measuring water levels. Inspection ports shall be threaded openings temporarily
				sealed with a removable watertight plug.
(19) "Liner" means a pipe which is installed
				within the permanent water bearing casing to repair, or protect the casing or
				is installed below and separate from the casing to seal off caving material
				which may be encountered in the open hole of the well.
(20) "Monitor well" means a well used
				primarily to monitor hydrologic parameters such as water levels or water
				quality.
(21) "Neat cement grout"
				or "grout" means a mixture of water and Portland cement (American Concrete
				Institute Types I, II or III), or any other approved types of cement, or
				Bentonite for applications specified in Rule
				 40D-3.517, F.A.C., and
				acceptable amounts of additives approved by the District for use in cement
				grouts.
(22) "Nominal" means the
				standard size of the well casing and may be less than or greater than the
				number indicated. Nominal when referring to the grouting annulus means the
				available void thickness between telescoped casings or the average available
				void thickness between the borehole and outside wall of the casing at any
				point.
(23) "Packer" means a device
				made from material other than lead placed within the well casing that seals the
				joint between two pieces of casing, between the casing and screen, between one
				formation or water bearing strata and another, or between the formation and the
				casing.
(24) "Potable water" means
				water suitable for human consumption and approvable by the county health unit
				(Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services).
(25) "Public water supply well" means a well
				constructed for the purpose of supplying water to a public water system, as
				permitted under Chapters 62-550, 62-555, 62-560, 62-524 and 64E-8,
				F.A.C.
(26) "Public water system"
				means a community or non-community system for the provision to the public of
				piped water for human consumption, provided that such system has at least 15
				service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least
				60 days out of the year, as set forth in Chapters 62-550, 62-555, 62-560 and
				62-524, F.A.C.
(27) "Soil boring"
				or "foundation hole" means a hole in the ground drilled, bored, cored, washed,
				driven, dug or jetted, the intended use of which includes obtaining data for
				engineering, geophysical or geological exploration, or prospecting for minerals
				or products of mining or quarrying, but not for producing, disposing of, or
				searching for water.
(28)
				"Telescoped casing" means an interior casing extending below and sealed within
				an exterior casing.
(29) "Water Use
				Permit" means a permit issued under Chapter 40D-2, F.A.C.
(30) "Water well" or "well" means any
				excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or
				otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the
				location, acquisition, development, monitoring or artificial recharge of ground
				water. This term does not include any well for the purpose of obtaining or
				prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying,
				for inserting media to dispose of oil brines or to repressure oil-bearing or
				natural gas-bearing formation, for storing petroleum, natural gas or other
				products or for temporary dewatering of subsurface formations for construction,
				mining or quarrying purposes.
(31)
				"Well casing" means a 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.
(32) "Well completion" means termination of
				all construction, repair, modification or abandonment activities.
(33) "Well completion report" means the well
				completion form as described in paragraph
				 40D-3.411(1)(a),
				F.A.C., supplied by or approved by the District.
(34) "Well seal" means an arrangement or
				device approved by the District that prevents contaminants from entering the
				well at the upper terminus.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113,
					 373.171,
					 373.309,
					 373.337 FS. Law Implemented
					  373.106,
					  373.306,
					  373.308,
					  373.309,
					  373.313,
					  373.316,
					  373.319,
					  373.323 FS.
New 10-5-74, Formerly 16J-3.02, Amended 7-1-90, 9-30-91,
					 12-31-92, 8-19-08.