62-600.670. Ground Water Monitoring  


Effective on Monday, September 27, 2021
  • 1(1) Wastewater treatment facilities which are designed so that some or all of the reclaimed water or effluent may enter ground waters shall conduct ground water monitoring in accordance with Chapter 62-520, F.A.C., and this chapter.

    37(2) Where reclaimed water is applied to multiple sites permitted under Part III of Chapter 62-610, F.A.C., one or more of the sites (representative of each site’s hydrogeological characteristics, soil characteristics, vegetative cover, and reclaimed water application method, etc.) shall be selected by the applicant and approved in writing by the Department as the model site(s) for monitoring the ground water.

    98(3) The minimum schedule for ground water monitoring is specified in Figure 2 below:

    112Figure 2. Minimum Sampling Frequency for Ground Water Monitoring

    121Parameter

    122Reuse and Land

    125Application Systems –

    128New facilities1301 131with a design capacity < 100,000 gpd

    135Reuse and Land

    138Application Systems – New facilities1431 144with a d147esign capacity ≥ 100,000 gpd and existing facilities

    156Injection to Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Systems

    164Injection to Class F-I, G-I, or G-II Ground Water, except ASR Systems

    176Injection to Ground Water, except to Class F-I, G-I, G-II, or ASR Systems

    189Wa190ter Level

    192Semiannually

    193Quarterly

    194Quarterly

    195Monthly

    196Monthly

    197Total

    198Nitrate Nitrogen

    200(as N)

    202Semiannually

    203Quarterly

     

     

    204Monthly

    205Total Dissolved Solids

    208Semiannually

    209Quarterly

     

     

    210Monthly

    211Arsenic,

    212Total Recoverable

    214Semiannually

    215Quarterly

     

     

     

    216Cadmium,

    217Total Recoverable

    219Semiannually

    220Quarterly

     

     

     

    221Chloride (as Cl)

    224Semiannually

    225Quarterly

     

     

     

    226Chromium,

    227Total Recoverable

    229Semiannually

    230Quarterly

     

     

     

    231Lead, Total Recoverable

    234Semiannually

    235Quarterly

     

     

     

    236Fecal Coliform

    238Semiannually

    239Quarterly

    240Quarterly

     

     

    241pH

    242Semiannually

    243Quarterly

     

     

     

    244Total Sulfate

    246Semiannually

    247Quarterly

     

     

     

    248Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (as N)

     

     

     

    253Monthly

    254Monthly

    255Total Phosphorus

    257(as P)

     

     

     

     

    259Monthly

    260Turbidity

    261Semiannually

    262Quarterly

    263Quarterly

    264Monthly

    265Monthly

    266Specific Conductance

     

     

    268Quarterly

     

     

    269Ground Water Standards2722

     

     

    273Quarterly

    274Quarterly

     

    2751276In accordance with subsection 28062-520.600(10), 281F.A.C., new facilities are facilities which have filed a complete permit application after July 1, 1994.

    2972298As specified in rules 30262-520.420, 30362-520.460 304and 30562-550.830, 306F.A.C.

    307(4) G309rab samples shall be used to test for all ground water parameters.

    321(5) Monitoring wells shall be purged prior to sampling to obtain a representative sample.

    335Rulemaking Authority 337403.061(7) FS. 339Law Implemented 341403.061(13) FS. 343History‒New 2-8-16, Amended 9-23477-21.