Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-555 - PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Section 62-555.312 - Location of Public Water System Wells

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this section, the phrase "new wells" shall
				  mean wells being newly connected, or reconnected, to a public water system
				  (PWS).
(1) All wells that were
				connected to a PWS on or after November 9, 1977, but before December 13, 1983,
				and wells that are, or will be, supplying a PWS serving premises with an
				estimated collective sewage flow of 2, 000 gallons or less per day and that
				were, or will be, connected to the PWS on or after December 13, 1983, shall be
				no closer than 100 feet from any "on-site sewage treatment and disposal system"
				(OSTDS) as defined in Section
				 381.0065(2),
				F.S., and Rule  64E-6.002, F.A.C., regardless of
				the location of the OSTDS. Wells that are, or will be, supplying a PWS serving
				premises with an estimated collective sewage flow greater than 2, 000 gallons
				per day and that were, or will be, connected to the PWS on or after December
				13, 1983, shall be no closer than 200 feet from any OSTDS, regardless of the
				location of the OSTDS.
(2) New
				wells shall not be placed within the setback distances discussed in subsection
				 62-532.400(7),
				F.A.C., and listed in Part A of Table I in Chapter 62-532, F.A.C.
(3) New wells shall be located no closer than
				100 feet from other sanitary hazards that pose a potentially high risk to
				ground water quality and public health and shall be located no closer than 50
				feet from other sanitary hazards that pose a moderate risk to ground water
				quality and public health. The following are examples of other sanitary hazards
				that pose a potentially high risk: active or abandoned mines; airplane or train
				fueling or maintenance areas at airports and railroad yards; animal feeding
				operations other than those regulated under Rule
				 62-670.500, F.A.C.; concentrated
				aquatic animal production facilities; domestic wastewater
				collection/transmission systems; drainage or injection wells, oil or gas
				production wells, and improperly constructed or abandoned wells (i.e., wells
				not constructed or abandoned in accordance with Chapter 62-532, F.A.C.);
				fertilizer, herbicide, or pesticide storage areas at agricultural sites, golf
				courses, nurseries, and parks; graveyards; impoundments and tanks that process,
				store, or treat domestic wastewater, domestic wastewater residuals, or
				industrial fluids or waste and that are not regulated under Rule
				 62-670.500, F.A.C.; industrial
				waste land application areas other than those regulated under Rule
				 62-670.500, F.A.C.; junkyards
				and salvage or scrap yards; pastures with more than five grazing animals per
				acre; pipelines conveying petroleum products, chemicals, or industrial fluids
				or wastes; and underground storage tanks that are not regulated under Chapter
				62-761, F.A.C., but are used for bulk storage of a liquid pollutant or
				hazardous substance (as defined in Chapter 62-761, F.A.C.) other than sodium
				hypochlorite solution. The following are examples of other sanitary hazards
				that pose a moderate risk: aboveground storage tanks that are not regulated
				under Chapter 62-761, F.A.C., but are used for bulk storage of a liquid
				pollutant or hazardous substance (as defined in Chapter 62-761, F.A.C.) other
				than sodium hypochlorite solution; fertilizer, herbicide, or pesticide
				application areas that are not under the ownership or control of the supplier
				of water at agricultural sites, golf courses, nurseries, and parks; railroad
				tracks; stormwater detention or retention basins; and surface water.
(4) For wells connected to a community water
				system on or after August 28, 2003, except those connected under a construction
				permit for which the Department received a complete application before August
				28, 2003, continuing protection of the well from the sanitary hazards described
				in subsection (3), above, shall be provided during the entire useful life of
				the well through one of the following means:
(a) Ownership by the water supplier of all
				land within 100 feet of the well;
(b) Control by the water supplier of all land
				within 100 feet of the well via easements, lease agreements, or deed
				restrictions that appropriately limit use of the land;
(c) Wellhead protection, zoning, or other
				land use regulations that appropriately limit use of all land within 100 feet
				of the well, or
(d) Other
				appropriate means.