Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40D - Southwest Florida Water Management District › Chapter 40D-1 - PROCEDURAL › Section 40D-1.102 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The terms set forth herein shall have the meanings ascribed
				  to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and such meanings shall
				  apply throughout these rules. To facilitate easier reference, certain terms
				  defined by applicable statute have been included herein with appropriate
				  citation. Terms which apply to only 1 chapter of these rules are defined in the
				  respective chapter.
(1) "Act" means
				the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972, as amended, together with all
				provisions of Chapter 373, F.S., relating to Water Management Districts and any
				amendments thereto which may be made from time to time.
(2) "Aquifer" means a hydrologic unit which
				consists of a geologic formation, a related group of formations, or only part
				of a formation, which is saturated with water and capable of transmitting
				usable quantities of water to wells or springs.
(3) "Board" means the Governing
				Board.
(4) "Consumptive use" means
				any use of water that reduces the supply from which it is withdrawn or
				diverted.
(5) "District" means the
				Southwest Florida Water Management District.
(6) "Domestic use" means any use of water for
				individual personal needs or for household purposes such as drinking, bathing,
				heating, cooking, or sanitation, Section
				 373.019(6),
				F.S.
(7) "Executive Director" means
				the Executive Director of the District or the person designated by the Board to
				act in his absence.
(8) "Governing
				Board" means the Governing Board of Southwest Florida Water Management
				District.
(9) "Impoundment" means
				any natural or manmade lake, reservoir, pond, or other containment of water
				occupying a bed or depression in the earth's surface and having a discernible
				shoreline.
(10) "Material change"
				means information which is reasonably expected to lead to a different agency
				action on the application or an impact or design specification that is
				different in degree or kind than previously proposed.
(11) "Minimum rate of flow" means the limit
				at which further withdrawals from a stream or other watercourse would be
				significantly harmful to the water resources or ecology of the area.
(12) "Minimum level" means the level of the
				water table or of the potentiometric surface of water in an aquifer or the
				level of surface water at which further withdrawals would be significantly
				harmful to the water resources of the area.
(13) "Other watercourse" means any canal,
				ditch, or other artificial watercourse in which water usually flows in a
				defined bed or channel. It is not essential that the flowing be uniform or
				uninterrupted, Section
				 373.019(14),
				F.S.
(14) "Otherwise control" means
				any contractual right, rental agreement, license, or permit from an owner which
				an applicant has to exercise authority over certain property, especially
				insofar as it relates to the water resources of the
				property.
Rulemaking Authority
					 373.044,
					 373.113,
					 373.149,
					 373.171 FS. Law Implemented
					  373.019,
					  373.046,
					  373.073,
					  373.079,
					  373.103,
					  373.403 FS.
Readopted 10-5-74, Amended 12-31-74, Formerly 16J-0.02,
					 40D-0.021, Amended 6-29-14.