House Bill hb1125

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1125

        By Representative Sorensen






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Monroe County; amending ch.

  3         99-395, Laws of Florida; establishing effluent

  4         water quality standards for reuse systems;

  5         providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 6 of chapter

10  99-395, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

11         Section 6.  Sewage requirements in Monroe County.--

12         (8)  The requirements of subsections (2)-(7) do not

13  apply to the following:

14         (a)  Class 1 injection wells as defined by Department

15  of Environmental Protection rule, including any authorized

16  mechanical integrity tests.

17         (b)  Authorized mechanical integrity tests associated

18  with Class V wells as defined by Department of Environmental

19  Protection rule.

20         (c)  The following types of reuse systems authorized by

21  Department of Environmental Protection domestic wastewater

22  rules:

23         1.  Slow-rate land application systems;

24         2.  Industrial uses of reclaimed water; and

25         3.  Use of reclaimed water for toilet flushing, fire

26  protection, vehicle washing, construction dust control, and

27  decorative water features.

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29  However, disposal systems serving as backups to reuse systems

30  shall be required to meet the following effluent water quality

31  standards comply with the other provisions of this act.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1125

    729-131-01






  1  Systems discharging less than 100,000 gallons per day based on

  2  the annual average daily flows to the backup system shall

  3  provide a level of treatment that will produce an effluent

  4  that contains, on an annual average basis, not more than 10

  5  milligrams per liter of biochemical oxygen demand, 10

  6  milligrams per liter of suspended solids, 10 milligrams per

  7  liter of total nitrogen, and 1 milligram per liter of total

  8  phosphorous. Systems discharging 100,000 gallons per day or

  9  more based on the annual average daily flows to the backup

10  system shall provide a level of treatment that will produce an

11  effluent that contains, on an annual average basis, not more

12  than 5 milligrams per liter of biochemical oxygen demand, 5

13  milligrams per liter of suspended solids, 3 milligrams per

14  liter of total nitrogen, and 1 milligram per liter of total

15  phosphorous.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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