Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-550 - DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, MONITORING, AND REPORTING › Section 62-550.730 - Reporting Requirements for Public Water Systems

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Suppliers of water and DOH-certified laboratories shall
				  report as follows:
(1) Suppliers of
				Water.
(a) Except where a shorter reporting
				period is specified in this chapter, the suppliers of water shall report to the
				appropriate District office of the Department or Approved County Health
				Department the results of the test measurement or analysis required by this
				chapter within the first ten days following the end of the required monitoring
				period as designated by the Department, or the first ten days following the
				month in which the sample results were received, whichever time is
				shortest.
(b) The supplier of water
				shall use the format described in subparagraphs 1. through 9. below for
				reporting all water analysis results for inorganics, disinfectant residuals at
				microbiological or disinfection byproduct sampling points, disinfection
				byproducts, volatile or synthetic organics, microbiological contaminants,
				radionuclides, or secondary contaminants. Example laboratory reporting formats
				can be obtained by writing to the Department of Environmental Protection,
				Drinking Water Section, MS 3520, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida
				32399-2400, or by visiting the Department's Internet site at
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/drinkingwater/forms.htm
.
				The supplier of water shall completely fill out analysis reports in
				non-erasable ink, on a typewriter, or using a computer generated report and
				shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
1. Facility name and PWS I.D. number - The
				complete, unabbreviated facility name is required. The correct, seven digit PWS
				I.D. number assigned by DEP shall also be clearly written.
2. Address and county - The water system's
				legal address (plant location) shall be completely filled out along with the
				name of the county where the water system is located.
3. Collector's name and title - The
				collector's name and job title shall be included, along with a business phone
				number.
4. Date and time of
				collection - A complete date (month, day, and year) and sampling time
				(including a.m. or p.m.) shall be included in order to calculate sample holding
				time. The results from samples exceeding the appropriate holding time for the
				contaminant before analysis (for example, thirty hours for bacteriological
				samples) shall be rejected by the Department as not reliable.
5. Type of water system. The sample form
				shall clearly show if the water system is a community, transient non-community,
				or non-transient non-community water system.
6. Raw or treated - The sample form shall
				indicate if the samples were collected from raw or treated water. If samples
				from both water types are included on the form, they shall be clearly labeled
				from which type of water each sample was taken.
7. Sample type - The sample form shall
				clearly show if the sample was taken for compliance, recheck, main clearance,
				well survey, inter-agency agreement, or other purposes. If "other" is marked,
				the purpose for taking the sample shall be stated (e.g., complaint, quality
				control, special, etc.).
8. Sample
				location - Samples shall be taken at valid sampling locations as described in
				subsection  62-550.500(5),
				F.A.C. Legal addresses, or the best descriptions possible, shall be given for
				each sampling point.
9. Field
				analyses for disinfectant residual - The analyzer's name, as well as the
				analysis result, shall be included for each disinfectant residual analysis at a
				microbiological or disinfection byproduct sampling point. Additionally, the
				analyzer's qualifications and the analytical method shall be included for each
				analysis used to determine compliance with disinfectant residual standards
				(i.e., for each disinfectant residual analysis at a point where a routine or
				repeat sample is taken to determine whether a community or non-transient
				non-community water system is in compliance with microbiological
				standards).
(c) Analysis
				results not reported in the format specified in paragraph
				 62-550.730(1)(b),
				F.A.C., or reported on formats that are not completely, clearly, and correctly
				filled out by the supplier of water and the laboratory shall be invalid. The
				Department District Office or Approved County Health Department shall reject
				invalid analytical results and return the reports to the supplier of water
				within 7 days. The supplier of water shall then resubmit the analysis report
				with the corrected information within 5 days.
(d) The supplier of water shall submit
				monthly operation reports as specified in subsections
				 62-555.900(2) through
				(4), F.A.C., to the appropriate Department of
				Environmental Protection District Office or appropriate Approved County Health
				Department within 10 days after the month of operation.
(e) The supplier of water shall report to the
				appropriate Department of Environmental Protection District Office or
				appropriate Approved County Health Department within 48 hours (unless otherwise
				specified by the chapter) the failure to comply with any drinking water rule
				contained in Parts III, V, or VIII of this chapter, or Part IV of Chapter
				62-560, F.A.C. When compliance is achieved, the measures taken shall be
				reported to that office.
(f) The
				supplier of water is not required to report analytical results to the
				Department in cases where a Department of Health laboratory performs the
				analysis and reports the results to the Department.
(g) Copies of any written reports, summaries,
				or communications relating to sanitary surveys of the system conducted by the
				system itself, by a private consultant, or by any local or Federal agency,
				shall be submitted to the appropriate Department District Office or the
				appropriate Approved County Health Department within 15 days of receipt by the
				supplier of water of the information.
(h) The supplier of water, within ten days of
				completion of each public notification requirement pursuant to Part IV of
				Chapter 62-560, F.A.C., shall submit to the Department a completed DEP Form
				 62-555.900(22),
				Certification of Delivery of Public Notice, and include with the form a
				representative copy of each type of notice distributed, published, posted, and
				made available to the persons served by the system and the media.
(i) Upon request, the supplier of water shall
				submit to the Department within the time stated in the request, copies of any
				records required to be maintained under Rule
				 62-550.720, F.A.C., or copies of
				any document which the Department is entitled to inspect.