Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/30/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Latvala) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 148 - 173
    4  and insert:
    5         (4)(a) In evaluating an application for the consumptive use
    6  of water, other than for an agricultural use on land that has
    7  been classified as agricultural pursuant to s. 193.461, a water
    8  management district shall recognize a mandatory reuse zone that
    9  is created by the local government or a special district
   10  pursuant to applicable law and that requires persons specified
   11  by the local government or special district to connect to a
   12  reclaimed water system for irrigation and other non-potable
   13  uses, as follows:
   14         1. Where reclaimed water is available and technically and
   15  environmentally feasible for the proposed use, the water
   16  management district shall presume that reclaimed water is
   17  economically feasible in a mandatory reuse zone, and an
   18  applicant bears the burden of overcoming the presumption;
   19         2 Any applicant in a mandatory reuse zone seeking
   20  authorization for a nonpotable use shall consider the
   21  feasibility of using available reclaimed water. This requirement
   22  applies to all regulated water uses, regardless of type of
   23  permit or authorization, excluding exemptions from permitting;
   24  and
   25         3. In a mandatory reuse zone, the use of reclaimed water
   26  shall be prioritized over other water sources for nonpotable
   27  uses and shall be required if determined to be technically,
   28  environmentally, and economically feasible.
   29         (b) This subsection does not limit the ability of a reuse
   30  utility, the local government, or a special district to restrict
   31  the use of potable water supplied by the potable water
   32  distribution system serving its customers for the purposes of
   33  irrigation or other nonpotable uses that may be met by reclaimed
   34  water. This subsection does not affect the authority of a water
   35  management district to consider the feasibility of using
   36  reclaimed water in any permit application for the agricultural
   37  use of water.