Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-550 - DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, MONITORING, AND REPORTING › Section 62-550.500 - General Monitoring and Compliance Measurement Requirements for Contaminants and Disinfectant Residuals

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
These general requirements shall apply unless other
				  monitoring or compliance measurement requirements are specified in Rules
				   62-550.511 through
				   62-550.540, F.A.C., Rule
				   62-550.821, F.A.C., Rule
				   62-550.822, F.A.C. or Rule
				  62-555.830, F.A.C. This introductory text shall be effective on July 7,
				  2015.
(1) The Monitoring Framework.
				Monitoring by public water systems shall be accomplished within a standardized
				monitoring framework developed to address the issues of complexity,
				coordination between various rules, and coordination of monitoring schedules. A
				compliance cycle is a nine-year period during which all public water systems
				must monitor. Compliance cycles begin January 1, 2002 and January 1, 2011, and
				every nine years thereafter. Each compliance cycle is broken down into three
				three-year compliance periods. For example, the three compliance periods that
				make up the 2002 through 2010 compliance cycle begin January 1, 2002, January
				1, 2005, and January 1, 2008.
(2)
				Monitoring Frequencies. Monitoring frequencies for each group of contaminants
				or disinfectant residuals are specified in Rules
				 62-550.511 through
				 62-550.520, F.A.C., plus Rule
				 62-550.821, F.A.C., and are
				summarized in Table 7.
(3)
				Monitoring Schedule. Each public water system shall monitor at the time
				designated by this subsection during each compliance cycle and compliance
				period. Table 8 summarizes when public water systems shall perform initial or
				routine monitoring.
(a) Systems that monitor
				for a contaminant quarterly may do so any time during the quarter, except that
				samples taken in consecutive quarters shall be taken at least 30 days
				apart.
(b) Systems that monitor for
				a contaminant annually may do so any time during the year, except that samples
				taken in consecutive years shall be taken at least 90 days apart.
(c) Systems that monitor for a contaminant
				every three years shall adhere to the following schedule:
1. Community water systems which serve more
				than 3, 300 persons shall monitor during the first year of each compliance
				period.
2. Community water systems
				which serve 3, 300 or fewer persons shall monitor during the second year of
				each compliance period.
3.
				Non-transient non-community water systems shall monitor during the third year
				of each compliance period.
(d) Systems that monitor for a contaminant
				every six years shall monitor as directed by the Department.
(e) Systems that monitor for a contaminant
				every nine years shall monitor during the first three-year compliance period of
				each nine-year compliance cycle following the same schedule as in paragraph (c)
				above.
(f) In the event the
				population of a small community system increases to more than 3, 300 persons,
				the system shall continue to monitor on the schedule originally prescribed in
				paragraphs (c) and (d) above for the remainder of the nine-year compliance
				cycle, At the beginning of the next nine-year compliance cycle, the system
				shall begin monitoring in the prescribed year according to its then current
				size or classification.
(g) Upon
				request, small community systems and non-transient non-community systems shall
				be approved to monitor earlier during compliance periods or cycles than
				required by paragraphs (c) through (e) above.