Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40A - Northwest Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40A-3 - REGULATION OF WELLS › Part II - CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND ABANDONMENT STANDARDS › Section 40A-3.504 - Location

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Wells shall be located so as not to pose
				  a threat of contamination to the District's water resources and to provide for
				  the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the user.
(2) Minimum spacing between wells and
				  sanitary hazards such as septic tanks, drainfields, ground water contamination
				  areas, cesspools, etc. shall be as specified by Section 381.0065, and Chapter
				  373, Part III, F.S., and the respective rules of the Department of Health and
				  Rehabilitative Services and the Florida Department of Environmental
				  Protection.
(3) The following
				  minimum distances shall apply, unless an exemption has been obtained:
(a) Landscape and recreational area
				  irrigation wells shall be located a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet from a
				  sanitary hazard.
(b) Landscape and
				  recreational area irrigation wells shall be located outside ground water
				  contamination areas delineated by the Department of Environmental Protection in
				  Rule  62-524.430, F.A.C.
(c) Domestic Self Supply water wells shall be
				  located a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet from building foundations
				  treated with pesticides.
(d)
				  Domestic Self Supply water wells shall be located a minimum distance of
				  seventy-five (75) feet from a sanitary hazard, such as an onsite sewage
				  disposal system (OSDS).
(e)
				  Domestic Self Supply water wells shall be located a minimum distance of one
				  hundred and seventy-five (175) feet from storage and treatment facilities of
				  livestock farms.
(f) Domestic Self
				  Supply water wells within ground water contamination areas delineated by the
				  Department of Environmental Protection shall be located as specified in Rule
				  62-524.500, F.A.C. The delineated areas are found in Rule
				   62-524.430, F.A.C.
(g) Limited Use Public Supply wells shall be
				  located a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet from a sanitary hazard,
				  such as an onsite sewage disposal system (OSDS), if the sewage flow is less
				  than 2, 000 gallons per day or 200 feet from an OSDS with sewage flows of 2,
				  000 gallons per day or more.
(h)
				  Limited Use Public Supply wells, within ground water contamination areas
				  delineated by the Department of Environmental Protection shall be located as
				  specified in subparagraph
				   40A-3.041(1)(c) 
				  2., F.A.C.
(i) Public water supply
				  wells must be located a minimum distance of two hundred (200) feet from a
				  sanitary hazard, such as an onsite sewage disposal system (OSDS).
(j) Public water supply wells shall be
				  located a minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet from other sanitary
				  hazards.
(k) Public water supply
				  wells shall be located a minimum distance of three hundred (300) feet from
				  storage and treatment facilities of livestock farms.
(l) Public water supply wells shall be
				  located a minimum distance of five hundred (500) feet from areas used for land
				  application of reclaimed water.
(m)
				  Public water supply wells within ground water contamination areas shall be
				  located as specified in paragraph
				   40A-3.041(1)(b),
				  F.A.C.