Florida Administrative Code › 40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS › 40B - Suwannee River Water Management District › Chapter 40B-21 - WATER SHORTAGE PLAN › Section 40B-21.541 - Use Classifications

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each water
				user shall be classified according to one or more of the following use classes
				and subclasses of water:
(a) Indoor uses,
				which include water used for indoor personal and household needs, and similar
				needs at businesses;
(b) Essential
				uses of water for fire fighting purposes, health and medical purposes, and to
				satisfy federal, state, or local public health and safety
				requirements;
(c) Agricultural
				uses, such as production of vegetable and other crops, citrus and fruit trees,
				nursery plants, pasture, sod, aquaculture, soil flooding, and freeze
				protection. This classification includes the following subclasses:
1. Low pressure/low volume irrigation
				systems;
2. High pressure/high
				volume irrigation systems;
3.
				Flood/seepage irrigation systems;
4. Soil flooding;
5. Freeze protection.;
6. Livestock care;
7. Aquaculture.
(d) Commercial and industrial uses in which
				water is integral to the production of goods and services, including power
				generation. This classification includes the following subclasses:
1. Phosphate mining and beneficiation,
				including all primary and ancillary uses of water in the mining, beneficiation,
				and transport of phosphate ore and associated products.
2. Chemical products processing or
				manufacturing, including all primary and ancillary uses of water in the
				manufacturing of phosphate chemicals, fertilizers, chlorine, lead, zinc, and
				other chemicals.
3. Limestone,
				sand, gravel, or other minerals mining, including all primary and ancillary
				uses of water in the mining, processing, and transport of limestone, sand,
				gravel, or other mineral products.
4. Cement, concrete, and concrete products
				manufacturing, including all primary and ancillary uses of water integral to
				the manufacturing of cement, concrete, and concrete products.
5. Perishable foods processing, including the
				use of water for the processing of such perishable foods as citrus,
				strawberries, and tomatoes.
6.
				Perishable foods packing, including the use of water in the packing of
				perishable foods.
7. Bottled water
				and other beverage products, including the use of water for direct bottling or
				the production of beer, wine, soft drinks, or other beverages.
8. Power generation, including the use of
				water for steam generation and the use of water for cooling and for
				replenishment of cooling reservoirs.
9. Other industrial and commercial uses.
				Includes all such activities not elsewhere sub-classified.
(e) Water utility use, which may include both
				water used for potable supply and water used for maintaining and operating the
				supply system;
(f) Landscape
				irrigation, which is the outdoor irrigation of grass, trees and other plants in
				places such as residences, businesses, golf courses, parks, recreational areas,
				cemeteries, and public buildings; and
(g) Miscellaneous uses such as aesthetic
				ponds, fountains and water features, environmental restoration or enhancement,
				cooling and air conditioning, and navigation.