Policy and Regulations
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida’s Reuse Program | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection outlines the state’s objectives to encourage and promote conservation and reuse of water. There are policies related to industrial reuse, irrigation, groundwater recharge, and commercial reuse.
Study on the expansion of use of reclaimed water, stormwater, and excess surface water (Florida Senate Bill 536 (2015)) | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection, in coordination with stakeholders, is required to conduct a comprehensive study on the expansion of use of reclaimed water, stormwater, and excess surface water throughout the State. Various non potable reuses are covered in this study.
Sewage disposal facilities; advanced and secondary waste treatment. (Florida Statutes §403.086)| Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Statutes’ ocean outfall legislation contains a prohibition on new ocean outfall discharges, requires advanced treatment for existing outfalls by 2018, and requires that existing facilities reuse a minimum of 60 percent of ocean discharges for beneficial purposes by the end of 2025. Irrigation and groundwater recharge are encompassed in this legislation.
Reuse of reclaimed water (Florida Statutes §403.0645)| Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Statutes encourages the reuse of reclaimed water statewide and directing state agencies to use reclaimed water to the greatest extent possible, as reuse is considered to be in the public interest. Various non potable reuse applications are covered in this law.
Reuse of reclaimed water (Florida Statutes §373.250) | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Statutes defines that water management districts are authorized to require the use of reclaimed water when it is environmentally, economically, and technically feasible. This policy covers irrigation and groundwater recharge.
Reuse Feasibility Studies (Florida Administrative Code 62-610.820) | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Administrative code defines that Reuse feasibility studies must be prepared by domestic, wastewater facilities if they operate in certain designated water resource caution areas. These studies pertain to non potable reuse.
Required and optional elements of comprehensive plans (Florida Statutes §163.3177) | Florida Department of Environmental Protection
- Florida Statues explains that water reuse providers must submit an Annual Reuse Inventory report to the Department of Environmental Protection for inclusion in the state’s reusable database, which is publicly available. Their reports related to irrigation and groundwater recharge.