Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-610 - REUSE OF RECLAIMED WATER AND LAND APPLICATION › Part I - GENERAL › Section 62-610.200 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Terms used in this chapter shall have the meaning specified
					 below. The meaning of any term not defined below shall be taken from
					 definitions in other rules of the Department.
(1) "Absorption field" means a drainfield,
				  including the application/distribution system, intended for the reuse of
				  reclaimed water.
(2) "Aquifer"
				  means the same as defined in Chapter 62-520, F.A.C.
(3) "Aquitard" means a geological formation
				  or stratum, or artificial barrier, of relatively low permeability which will
				  not transmit water fast enough to furnish an appreciable supply; confining
				  zone.
(4) "Blend" means the
				  combination of concentrate and reclaimed water.
(5) "Blend ratio" means the ratio of the flow
				  of reclaimed water to the flow of concentrate in a blending operation, as
				  described in Rule  62-610.865, F.A.C.
(6) "Carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand
				  (CBOD5)" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(7) "Commission" means the Environmental
				  Regulation Commission.
(8)
				  "Demineralization concentrate" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-620.200, F.A.C. Within this
				  chapter, demineralization concentrate will also be referred to as
				  "concentrate."
(9) "Department"
				  means the Department of Environmental Protection.
(10) "Developed areas" means areas in or
				  adjacent to residential, commercial, or residentially or commercially-zoned
				  areas.
(11) "Disinfection" means
				  the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(12) "Disposal" means the discharge of
				  effluent to injection wells, effluent outfalls, subsurface drain systems, and
				  other facilities utilized strictly for the release of effluents into the
				  environment.
(13) "District" means
				  a water management district created pursuant to Chapter 373, F.S.
(14) "Domestic wastewater" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-620.200, F.A.C.
(15) "Dwelling unit" means a residence for
				  the housing of a single family whether such a residence is a detached structure
				  or a unit of a multiple family building.
(16) "Edible crops" means crops that are
				  intended for human consumption.
(17) "Effluent, " unless specifically stated
				  otherwise, means water that is not reused after flowing out of any plant or
				  other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding
				  wastes.
(18) "Effluent limitation"
				  means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-620.200, F.A.C.
(19) "Establishment" means a housing,
				  commercial, or institutional development, including, but not limited to, a
				  place of business, assembly, or residence, whether multiple or single family.
				  An establishment will include all buildings, structures, mobile homes, and
				  appurtenant lands.
(20) "Estuary"
				  means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-303.200, F.A.C.
(21) "Fecal coliforms" means members of the
				  coliform group capable of producing gas from lactose at 44.5 degree C, as
				  determined using approved methods.
(22) "Ground water" means the same as defined
				  in Rule  62-520.200, F.A.C.
(23) "Holding pond" means the same as defined
				  in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(24) "Hydrogeology" means the branch of
				  hydrology that deals with ground water, its occurrence and movements, its
				  replenishment and depletion, the properties of rocks that control ground water
				  movement and storage, and the methods of investigation and use of ground
				  water.
(25) "Indirect contact
				  irrigation" mean irrigation methods, such as ridge and furrow irrigation, drip
				  irrigation, and subsurface distribution systems, which minimize direct contact
				  of reclaimed water with the edible crops.
(26) "Indirect potable reuse" means, for
				  purposes of this chapter, the planned discharge of reclaimed water to surface
				  waters to augment the supply of water available for drinking water and other
				  uses. Indirect potable reuse is contrasted with "direct potable reuse" which
				  involves the discharge of reclaimed water directly into a drinking water
				  treatment facility or into a drinking water distribution system.
(27) "Industrial facilities" means those
				  facilities that produce, treat or dispose of wastewater not otherwise defined
				  as domestic wastewater, including the runoff and leachate from areas that
				  receive pollutants associated with industrial or commercial storage, handling
				  or processing.
(28) "Land
				  application" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(29) "Modification" means the same as defined
				  in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(30) "Monitoring well" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(31) "Nitrate (NO3)" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(32) "Nonpotable water supply well" means a
				  well used as a source of water for irrigation, cooling, or other uses. Wells
				  used as a source of water for drinking, culinary, or domestic purposes are
				  excluded from the definition of nonpotable water supply wells.
(33) "Operator" means the same as defined in
				  Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(34) "Percolation" means the generally
				  vertical movement of water through soil or other unconsolidated medium to the
				  water table and to lower aquifers where occurring.
(35) "Percolation pond" means an artificial
				  impoundment similar to a holding pond for which the design and operation
				  provides for fluid losses through percolation/seepage in addition to
				  evaporative losses.
(36)
				  "Permittee" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(37) "pH" means the the same as defined in
				  Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(38) "Pollution" means same as defined in
				  Section  403.031(7),
				  F.S.
(39) "Potable quality water
				  offset" means the amount of potable quality water (Class F-I, G-I, or G-II
				  ground water or water meeting drinking water standards) saved through the use
				  of reclaimed water expressed as a percentage of the total reclaimed water used.
				  The potable quality water offset is calculated by dividing the amount of
				  potable water saved by the amount of reclaimed water used and multiplying the
				  quotient by 100.
(40) "Potable
				  water supply well" means a well used as a source of water for drinking,
				  culinary, or domestic purposes.
(41) "Preapplication waste treatment" means
				  the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(42) "Public access area" means an area that
				  is intended to be accessible to the general public; such as golf courses,
				  cemeteries, parks, landscape areas, hotels, motels, and highway medians. Public
				  access areas include private property that is not open to the public at large,
				  but is intended for frequent use by many persons. Public access areas also
				  include residential dwellings. Presence of authorized farm personnel or other
				  authorized treatment plant, utilities system, or reuse system personnel does
				  not constitute public access. Irrigation of exercise areas and other landscape
				  areas accessible to prisoners at penal institutions shall be considered as
				  irrigation of public access areas.
(43) "Public water supply well" means a well
				  constructed for the purpose of supplying water to a public water system, as
				  defined in Rule  62-550.200, F.A.C.
(44) "Recharge fraction" means the portion of
				  reclaimed water used in a reuse system that recharges an underlying potable
				  quality ground water (Class F-I, G-I, or G-II ground water) that is used for
				  potable supply, or augments a Class I surface water, expressed as a percentage
				  of the total reclaimed water used.
(45) "Reclaimed water" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(46) "Reclaimed water distribution system"
				  means a network of pipes, pumping facilities, storage facilities, and
				  appurtenances designed to convey and distribute reclaimed water from one or
				  more domestic wastewater treatment facilities to one or more users of reclaimed
				  water.
(47) "Reclaimed water pipe"
				  means a pipe used to carry reclaimed water.
(48) "Restricted access" means that access to
				  the reuse site by the general public is controlled and that access to the reuse
				  site by the public is infrequent. Such sites will be accessible to authorized
				  operators and farm personnel.
(49)
				  "Reuse" means the deliberate application of reclaimed water, in compliance with
				  Department and District rules, for a beneficial purpose. Criteria used to
				  classify projects as "reuse" or "effluent disposal" are contained in Rule
				   62-610.810, F.A.C.
(50) "Reuse authority" means a utility,
				  municipality, cooperative, authority, or other entity which obtains reclaimed
				  water from two or more utilities, municipalities, or other entities and
				  develops and operates a reclaimed water distribution system for the
				  distribution of reclaimed water to one or more users of reclaimed
				  water.
(51) "Secondary treatment"
				  means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(52) "Secretary" means the same as defined in
				  Section  403.803(12),
				  F.S.
(53) "Septic tank" means a
				  watertight receptacle constructed to promote separation of solid and liquid
				  components of wastewater, to provide limited digestion of organic matter, to
				  store solids, and to allow clarified liquid to discharge for further treatment
				  and disposal in a soil absorption system.
(54) "Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR)" means
				  the concentration of sodium (Na) divided by the square root of the quantity
				  equal to one half of the sum of the concentrations of calcium (Ca) and
				  magnesium (Mg), where all concentrations are expressed in milliequivalents per
				  liter.
(55) "Stream dilution ratio"
				  means the flow rate in the receiving surface water at a point immediately
				  upstream of the discharge divided by the flow rate of the discharge from a
				  limited wet weather discharge.
(56)
				  "Subsurface application system" means a network of small diameter, porous or
				  perforated pipes installed horizontally at depths generally less than 12 inches
				  for the purpose of releasing reclaimed water at or near the root zone of the
				  vegetated cover. The release of reclaimed water shall be below the ground
				  surface. This type of application system shall be permitted under Part II, III,
				  or IV of this chapter, depending on the loading rates used, degree of public
				  access, characteristics of the site, system design, and mode of
				  operation.
(57) "Subsurface drain"
				  means an underground conduit system (which may include one or more vertical
				  water wells) made of various construction materials (e.g., tile) installed to
				  collect unconfined ground water and applied reclaimed water or effluents, and
				  provide conveyance to the treatment plant or discharge point;
				  underdrain.
(58) "Surface water"
				  means surface water as defined in Section
				   373.019(21),
				  F.S.
(59) "Technology-based efflent
				  limitation (TBEL)" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(60) "Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN)" means
				  the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(61) "Total suspended solids (TSS)" means the
				  same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(62) "Treatment" means the same as defined in
				  Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(63) "Treatment plant" means the same as
				  domestic wastewater treatment plant as defined in Section
				   403.866(2),
				  F.S.
(64) "Turbidity" means a
				  condition in water or wastewater caused by the presence of suspended matter,
				  resulting in the scattering and absorption of light rays, as determined using
				  approved methods.
(65) "Type I
				  facility" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(66) "Type II facility" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(67) "Type III facility" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(68) "Underground injection" means the same
				  as defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(69) "Unrestricted access" means that access
				  to the reuse site by the general public is uncontrolled or that the site is
				  frequently used by humans. An area having unrestricted access is a "public
				  access area" as defined in subsection
				   62-610.200(42),
				  F.A.C.
(70) "Underground source of
				  drinking water (USDW)" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-528.200, F.A.C.
(71) "User of reclaimed water" means an
				  individual, corporation, entity, business, or other establishment that receives
				  reclaimed water from a reclaimed water distribution system.
(72) "Wastes" means the same as defined in
				  Section  403.031(12),
				  F.S.
(73) "Wastewater" means same
				  as defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(74) "Wastewater facilities" means the same
				  as defined in Rule  62-620.200, F.A.C.
(75) "Waters" means the same as defined in
				  Section  403.031(13),
				  F.S.
(76) "Water quality-based
				  effluent limitation (WQBEL)" means the same as defined in Rule
				   62-600.200, F.A.C.
(77) "Water quality standards" means the same
				  as defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(78) "Water table" means the the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-600.200, F.A.C.
(79) "Wellhead protection area" means the
				  same as defined in Rule
				   62-521.200, F.A.C.
(80) "Zone of Discharge" means the same as
				  defined in Rule  62-520.200,
				  F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority
						403.051,
						403.061,
						403.064,
						403.087 FS. Law Implemented
						403.021,
						403.051,
						403.061,
						403.062,
						403.064,
						403.085,
						403.086,
						403.087,
						403.088
						FS.
New 4-4-89, Amended 4-2-90, Formerly 17-610.200, Amended
						1-9-96, 8-8-99, 11-19-07, 8-8-21.