Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-532 - WATER WELL PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS › Section 62-532.200 - Definitions for Water Well Permitting and Construction

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, except where the context clearly indicates a
				  different meaning:
(1) "Abandoned
				Well" means a well the use of which has been permanently discontinued or which
				is in such a state of disrepair that it cannot be used for its intended purpose
				or for observation purposes.
(2)
				"Annulus" or "Annular Space" means any artificially created void existing
				between a well casing or liner pipe and a bore hole wall or between two casings
				or between tubing and casing or liner pipe.
(3) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation,
				group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant
				amount of ground water to wells, springs or surface water.
(4) "Bentonite" means a pumpable grouting
				material used for plugging or sealing water wells, consisting of a high solid
				sodium montmorillonite. The grout shall yield solids ranging from 20 to 30
				percent, with a minimum density equal to or greater than 9.4 pounds per gallon,
				and a permeability of approximately 1x10-7 centimeters per second or less, or
				shall be dry non-treated, high swelling sodium montmorillonite. High swelling
				is defined as having a minimum swell index of 18 cubic centimeters as
				determined by ASTM standard D-5890-95.
(5) "Bottled water" means water that is
				intended for human consumption and that is sealed in bottles or other
				containers.
(6) "Bottled water
				plant" means a food establishment, regulated by the Florida Department of
				Agriculture and Consumer Services, in which bottled water is prepared for
				sale.
(7) "Construction of Water
				Wells" means all parts and acts necessary to obtain ground water by wells,
				including the location and excavation of the well, but excluding the
				installation of pumps and pumping equipment.
(8) "Department" means the Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(9)
				"Dewatering" means the use of wells or other such equipment to temporarily
				lower a water level as may be necessary during construction
				activities.
(10) "District" means a
				water management district created pursuant to Chapter 373, F.S.
(11) "Drive Shoe" means any device
				specifically designed, fabricated, and installed to protect the bottom end of a
				water well casing or liner pipe from collapse or other damage while the casing
				or liner pipe is being driven into place in a water well.
(12) "Driven Casing" means casing that has
				been installed by driving where the bore hole is equal to or smaller in
				diameter than the nominal outside diameter of the casing.
(13) "Geothermal well" means a type of well
				used for the purpose of developing ground water as a medium for thermal heat
				exchange.
(14) "Limited use
				commercial public water system" means a public water system not covered or
				included in the Florida Safe Drinking Water Act, which serves one or more
				nonresidential establishments and provides piped water.
(15) "Limited use community public water
				system" means a public water system not covered or included in the Florida Safe
				Drinking Water Act, which serves five or more private residences or two or more
				rental residences, and provides piped water.
(16) "Liner" means a metallic or nonmetallic
				pipe which is installed either within the outer casing to improve, repair, or
				protect the outer casing or below the outer casing to seal off caving material
				which may be encountered in the open hole of the well.
(17) "Multifamily water system" means a water
				system that provides piped water for three to four residences, one of which may
				be a rental residence.
(18) "Neat
				Cement Grout" means a mixture of water and Portland cement (American Concrete
				Institute Type I, Type II, or Type III); or a mixture of water and Portland
				cement of a type or kind approved by the permitting authority; or a mixture of
				water, Portland cement of a type or kind approved by the permitting authority,
				and an amount of those additives approved for use in cement grouts and approved
				by the permitting authority.
(19)
				"Nominal" means those standard sizes of pipe from one-eighth inch to 12 inches,
				specified on the inside diameter, which may be less than or greater than the
				number indicated. When referred to the grouting annulus, nominal means either
				the available void thickness between telescoped casing varying less than 0.20
				inches below standard where one inch of grout is required and 0.35 inches below
				standard where two inches of grout is required, or the average available void
				thickness between the borehole and outside wall of the casing.
(20) "Permitting Authority" means the
				Department or any district, or political subdivision that has been delegated
				the authority to issue permits under Chapter 373, Part III, F.S.
(21) "Potable water" means water that is
				satisfactory for human consumption, dermal contact, culinary purposes, or
				dishwashing.
(22) "Private water
				system" means a water system that provides piped water to one or two
				residences, one of which may be a rental residence.
(23) "Public water system" means a system for
				the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or
				other constructed conveyances, if such system has at least 15 service
				connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at
				least 60 days out of the year.
(24)
				"Repair" means any action which involves the physical alteration or replacement
				of any part of a well, but does not include the alteration or replacement of
				any portion of a well which is above ground surface.
(25) "Telescoping Casing" means an interior
				casing extending below and sealed within an exterior casing.
(26) "Water Well" or "Well" means any
				excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or
				otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the
				location, acquisition, development, or artificial recharge of ground water, but
				such term does not include any well for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting
				for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarrying; for
				inserting media to dispose of oil brines or to repressure oil-bearing or
				natural gas-bearing formation; for storing petroleum, natural gas, or other
				products; or for temporary dewatering of subsurface formations for mining,
				quarrying, or construction purposes.
(27) "Water Well Contractor" means an
				individual who is responsible for the construction, repair, or abandonment of a
				water well and who is licensed under Chapter 62-531, F.A.C., to engage in the
				business of construction, repair, or abandonment of wells.
(28) "Well Seal" means an approved
				arrangement or device to prevent contaminants from entering the well at the
				upper terminal.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.309 FS. Law Implemented
					 373.303,
					 381.0062,
					 403.852
					 FS.
New 8-17-74, Amended 7-16-81, Formerly 17-21.02, 17-21.020,
					 Amended 7-30-89, 3-11-92, Formerly 17-532.200, Amended 3-28-02,
					 10-7-10.