§ 3.06.10. Effect of Setbacks and Buffers from Sanitary Hazards as Promulgated and Adopted in the Florida Administrative Code

The Florida Administrative Code, establishes minimum setbacks and buffers between the placement of identified sanitary hazards and public potable water supply wells. The location of the following regulated development and associated activity shall be subject to the minimum setback and buffer requirements as promulgated and adopted by the DEP, and incorporated herein by reference. For reference purposes only, the applicable setbacks from potable water wells on the effective date of this section [November 18, 1991] are as follows:

A.

Domestic wastewater treatment plant outfall, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall discharge not less than five 500 feet from an approved, but not yet constructed, potable water intake.

B.

Application of sludge, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 500 feet from a shallow public water supply well, as defined in the Florida Administrative Code.

C.

The edge of the wetted area used for the application and reuse of reclaimed water, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than seventy-five (75) feet from an existing or HRS-approved potable water supply well; and reclaimed water transmission facilities shall be no closer than seventy-five (75) feet from a potable water supply well.

D.

The edge of the pond, basin, or trench embankment used for a rapid rate land application system, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 500 feet from an existing or HRS-approved potable water supply well, or 200 feet if conditions specified in the cited rule are met.

E.

The edge of a reuse absorption field, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 500 feet from an existing or HRS-approved potable water supply well, or 200 feet if conditions specified in the cited rule are met.

F.

The edge of the wetted area used for effluent disposal by overland flow, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 100 feet from an existing or HRS-approved potable water supply well; and a reclaimed wastewater transmission facility, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 100 feet from a public water supply well.

G.

Domestic wastewater residuals land application, as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 500 feet from any shallow public water supply well.

H.

Dairy farms, regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall maintain a 300 feet separation between storage and treatment or high intensity areas and a drinking water supply well; and shall maintain a separation of 200 feet between land application of wastewater and a drinking water supply well. The land application of egg wash wastewater , as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, shall be no closer than 200 feet from a drinking water supply well.

I.

Disposal of solid waste , as regulated under the Florida Administrative Code, is prohibited within 500 feet of an existing or approved shallow water supply well, unless the disposal meets the standards of the Florida Administrative Code.

J.

Any other applicable setback and buffer from a drinking water supply well required by state or federal regulations shall be applicable to any new or substantially modified regulated development after the effective date of this section [November 18, 1991].