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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to spring restoration; amending s. 2
403.064, F.S.; authorizing certain domestic wastewater 3
treatment facilities to request the incorporation of 4
reclaimed water projects identified in Outstanding 5
Florida Springs recovery or prevention strategies; 6
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 7
to approve such requests within a certain period of 8
time if certain conditions are met; providing an 9
effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraphs (f) through (i) of subsection (16) 14
of section 403.064, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 15
paragraphs (g) through (j), respectively, and a new parag raph 16
(f) is added to that subsection, to read: 17
403.064 Reuse of reclaimed water. — 18
(16) By November 1, 2021, domestic wastewater utilities 19
that dispose of effluent, reclaimed water, or reuse water by 20
surface water discharge shall submit to the departmen t for 21
review and approval a plan for eliminating nonbeneficial surface 22
water discharge by January 1, 2032, subject to the requirements 23
of this section. The plan must include the average gallons per 24
day of effluent, reclaimed water, or reuse water that will no 25
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longer be discharged into surface waters and the date of such 26
elimination, the average gallons per day of surface water 27
discharge which will continue in accordance with the 28
alternatives provided for in subparagraphs (a)2. and 3., and the 29
level of treatment that the effluent, reclaimed water, or reuse 30
water will receive before being discharged into a surface water 31
by each alternative. 32
(f) A domestic wastewater treatment facility with an 33
approved plan may submit a request to the department to amend 34
the plan to incorporate a reclaimed water project identified in 35
an Outstanding Florida Springs recovery or prevention strategy 36
adopted pursuant to s. 373.805. The department shall approve the 37
request within 60 days after receipt of the request if all of 38
the following conditions are met: 39
1. The identified use of reclaimed water will benefit a 40
rural area of opportunity as defined in s. 288.0656(2). 41
2. The project will provide at least 35 million gallons 42
per day of reclaimed water to benefit an Outstanding Flo rida 43
Spring. 44
3. The project involves more than one domestic wastewater 45
treatment facility. 46
4. The project implementation and surface water discharge 47
elimination schedule meets the requirements of s. 373.805. 48
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 49