Beach Water Quality Monitoring
The Florida Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Environmental Protection, is monitoring beaches that may have been impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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About the Bureau
Interactive Drinking Water Manual - Contains water system risks, including the
Department of Health's requirements for Limited Use Public Water
Systems.
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The bureau ensures safe drinking water for approximately 70% of
Florida's residents. The bureau also manages DOH responsibilities
under the State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Act
(SUPER Act), Drycleaner Solvent Surveillance Program, and the
Drinking Water Toxics Program. The bureau ensures
construction of Public Swimming Pools and Freshwater Bathing Places
is done properly.
The bureau supervises implementation of the Florida Healthy Beaches
Program, testing coastal beaches to protect public health.
In Focus
Statutes, codes and forms
concerning drinking water
Bureau Programs
- Drinking Water
Toxics Program
The Drinking Water Toxics Program is responsible for
coordinating state-wide groundwater sampling for
chemical contamination of private drinking water
supplies.
- Petroleum
Surveillance Program (SUPER Act)
The Florida Legislature created the State Underground
Petroleum Environmental Response Act (SUPER Act) (Chapter
376.3071, Florida Statutes - (opens in new window))
in response to ground water contamination resulting from
leaking underground petroleum storage tanks.
- Drycleaning
Solvent Surveillance Program (DSSP)
The Drycleaning Solvent Surveillance Program (DSSP) (Chapter
376.3078, Florida Statutes- (opens in new window)) is responsible for identifying areas in the state having drinking
water contaminated as a result of discharges of solvents
used in the drycleaning process.
- Public Drinking
Water Systems Program (Safe Drinking Water Act) The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is
administered by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Limited Use Drinking
Water Systems Program (64E-8)
This program deals with Limited Use Public Water
Systems (public water systems which are not covered by
the Safe Drinking Water Act), multi-family water
systems, and private water systems. For questions regarding the proposed changes, please
contact the coordinator, Under Florida law, e-mail
addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address
released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic
mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in
writing.
August Ursin.
- Well Construction
Permitting Program
The construction of drinking water supply wells is
regulated by Chapter 62-532 of the Florida
Administrative Code, adopted by the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection.
Delineated
Contamination Areas Program
- The Delineated Contamination Areas Program is a
cooperative effort between state agencies under the
overall supervision of the Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP). Please contact
the Coordinator, Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are
public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in
response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to
this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.
Ed Bettinger
- Public Swimming Pool and Bathing Places Program
Responsible for overview of the construction and
operation of facilities used for public swimming and
bathing such as swimming pools, spa pools, and wading
pools serving places like hotels, motels, condominiums,
apartment buildings, mobile home parks, and schools as
well as water recreation attractions and fresh water
bathing areas open to the public for recreation.
- Beach Water Monitoring Program
Also known as the Florida Healthy Beaches Program,
it is responsible for conducting beach water sampling
for enterococci and fecal coliform bacteria for 34
coastal Florida counties every week and reporting the
results to the public.
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