Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40C - St. Johns River Water Management District › Chapter 40C-3 - WATER WELLS › Section 40C-3.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
When used in this chapter:
(1) "Casing Diameter" or "diameter of casing"
				means the largest nominal permanent water bearing casing. For the purposes of
				this section, 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.
(2) "Confining Unit" means a body of
				distinctly less permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more
				aquifers. "Intermediate" as used in paragraph
				 40C-3.517(4)(c),
				F.A.C., refers to the materials and specifically carbonates that lie between
				and collectively retard the exchange of water between the overlying surficial
				aquifer system and the underlying Floridan aquifer system. The system
				nomenclature is described in Florida Geological Survey Special Publication No.
				28 (1986), which is incorporated by reference and available at (
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-07120
)
				and upon request from the St. Johns River Water Management District, 4049 Reid
				Street, Palatka, FL 32177-2529.
(3)
				"Consolidated" means a stratum which is cemented with a binding substance
				commonly derived from within the deposit containing that stratum.
(4) "Consumptive Use Permit" means a permit
				issued under Chapter 40C-2, F.A.C.
(5) "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.
(6) "Driller"
				means a person who actually constructs the well.
(7) "Field Log" means an accurate, written
				documentation of all construction activities needed to fill out well completion
				reports.
(8) "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.
(9) "Gang Well" means a system where two (2)
				or more water wells are coupled together with a common header or
				manifold.
(10) "Inspection Port"
				means any opening in the well seal or casing wall not less than one-half inch
				in diameter through which unobstructed access to the inside of the casing can
				be obtained for measuring water levels.
(11) "Jetted Well" means a pipe meeting Rule
				 62-532.500, F.A.C., standards
				with an attached well point or open ended screen. The well is installed in
				unconsolidated formations by the washing action of a water jet.
(12) "Monitoring Well" or "Observation Well"
				means a well used primarily to monitor hydrologic parameters such as water
				levels or water quality.
(13)
				"Packer" means a device 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.
(14) "Particulate Material"
				means any small pieces or grains of naturally occurring sediments.
(15) "Public Water Supply Well" means a well
				constructed for the purpose of supplying water to a public water system, as
				permitted under Chapter 62-550 or 62-555 or Rule
				 64E-8.002, F.A.C.
(16) "Test Hole" or "Exploratory Well" means
				any temporarily cased or uncased hole drilled, bored, cored, washed, or jetted,
				the intended use of which includes obtaining data for engineering or for
				geophysical or geological exploration, prospecting for minerals or products of
				mining or quarrying, but not for the purposes of producing, disposing of, or
				searching for water.
(17) "Upper
				Terminus" means that portion of a well casing ending at land surface or within
				an approved depth below land surface as described in subsection
				 40C-3.512(6),
				F.A.C. Land surface is considered to be the ground elevation of the finished
				grade at the well.
(18) "Well
				Casing" means a pipe installed in a borehole or driven.
(19) "Well Completion" means termination of
				all construction, repair or abandonment activities. Continuous absence of a
				drill rig from the construction site for five or more days indicates that the
				well is deemed completed by the driller, unless proper notification, such as a
				telephone call, is given to a representative of the District.
(20) "Well Completion Report" means the form
				that is incorporated by reference in paragraph
				 40C-3.036(9)(b),
				F.A.C., which is completed and signed by a licensed water well
				contractor.
(21) All definitions
				contained in Chapters 62-531 and 62-532, F.A.C., are adopted and incorporated
				by reference in subsections
				 40C-3.036(1) 
				and  40C-3.036(2),
				F.A.C., respectively.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113,
					 373.171 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.019,
					 373.303,
					 373.306,
					 373.308,
					 373.309
					 FS.
New 10-14-84, Amended 12-5-85, Formerly 40C-3.021,
					 40C-3.0021, Amended 9-17-89, 7-27-16,
					 5-7-18.