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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment ; 2
providing legislative findings; requiring the 3
Department of Environmental Protection, in 4
consultation with the water management districts and 5
sewage disposal facilities, to submit to the Governor 6
and Legislature, by specified dates, reports on 7
certain permitted sewage disposal facilities in the 8
state, a priority ranking process for implementing 9
advanced wastewater treatment upgrades at such 10
facilities, and the implementation status of such 11
upgrades; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. (1) The Legislature finds that the discharge 16
of inadequately treated wastewater and aging sewage disposal 17
facilities compromise the quality of the environment, including 18
freshwater, brackish water, and nearshore and offshore salt 19
waters, and threatens the quality of life and local economies in 20
the state that depend on those resources. The Legislature also 21
finds that the only practical and cost -effective way to 22
fundamentally improve wastewater management is to require 23
advanced wastewater treatment or better at all sewage disposal 24
facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than 1 million 25
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gallons per day in the state. 26
(2) In order to prioritize the upgrade of sewage disposal 27
facilities, by December 31, 2024, the Department of 28
Environmental Protection, in consultation with the water 29
management districts and wastew ater facilities, shall submit to 30
the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 31
the House of Representatives a report detailing all of the 32
following for all sewage disposal facilities with a permitted 33
capacity of greater than 1 million gallo ns per day in the state: 34
(a) Year of construction for the facility and any 35
maintenance or upgrades. 36
(b) Total permitted volume of water treated daily. 37
(c) Actual permitted volume of water treated daily over 38
the most recent 1 year and 5 year averages. 39
(d) Current level of treatment, including concentrations 40
for each of the following: 41
1. Biochemical oxygen demand. 42
2. Suspended solids. 43
3. Total nitrogen. 44
4. Total phosphorus. 45
5. 1,4-dioxane. 46
6. Perfluorooctanoic acid. 47
7. Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. 48
8. Molybdenum. 49
9. Other contaminants of emerging concern as determined by 50
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the department. 51
(e) Estimated total pollutant loading based on permitted 52
volume and concentrations. 53
(f) Disposal methods and the volume discharg ed to any 54
receiving waterbodies, if applicable, pursuant to s. 55
403.064(17), Florida Statutes. 56
(g) Impairment status of any receiving waterbodies within 57
the watershed. 58
(h) Implementation status of total maximum daily loads and 59
basin management action pl ans and recommended reductions for 60
load allocations and wasteload allocations for pollutants of 61
concern. 62
(i) Total volume and concentration of any permitted and 63
nonpermitted wastewater spills since 2010. 64
(3) By December 31, 2025, the department, in con sultation 65
with the water management districts and sewage disposal 66
facilities, shall submit to the Governor, the President of the 67
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report 68
outlining a priority ranking process to upgrade all sewage 69
disposal facilities in the state to advanced waste treatment by 70
2035, based on all of the following: 71
(a) Overall environmental benefit of a project based on: 72
1. Water quality in receiving waterbodies, including 73
impairment status; 74
2. Severity and duration of documented algal blooms; 75
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3. Loss of submerged vegetation; 76
4. Death of fish and wildlife; 77
5. Public health advisories; 78
6. Quantity and concentration of permitted and 79
nonpermitted spills; and 80
7. Risk of failure. 81
(b) Estimated reductio n in nutrient and pollutant loads 82
with advanced waste treatment. 83
(c) An explanation of additional projects necessary to 84
meet any adopted total maximum daily loads and basin management 85
action plans if upgrading to advanced treatment is not 86
sufficient. 87
(d) Cost-effectiveness as determined by a planning -level 88
cost estimate. 89
(e) Potential financial assistance available, including 90
the water quality improvement grant program under s. 403.0673, 91
Florida Statutes, and availability of local matching funds. 92
(f) Project readiness and the estimated date of 93
completion. 94
(4) By June 30, 2026, the department, in consultation with 95
the water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, 96
shall submit to the Governor, President of the Senate, and 97
Speaker of the House of Representatives a progress report on the 98
status of upgrades established under subsection (3) for each 99
sewage disposal facility with a permitted capacity of greater 100
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than 1 million gallons per day in the state. The report must 101
include a list of the sewage disposal facilities with a 102
permitted capacity of greater than 1 million gallons per day 103
required to upgrade to advanced wastewater treatment, the 104
preliminary cost estimates for the upgrades, a projected 105
timeline of the dates by which the upgrades wi ll begin and be 106
completed, and the date by which operations of the upgraded 107
sewage disposal facility will begin. 108
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 109