Florida Statutes Part II - Permitting Of Consumptive Uses Of Water (Ss. 373.203-373.250)
- 373.203 - Definitions.
(1) “Abandoned artesian well” is defined as an artesian well:(a) That does not have a properly functioning valve;(b) The use of which has been permanently discontinued;(c) That does not...
- 373.206 - Artesian Wells; Flow Regulated.
Every person, stock company, association, corporation, county, or municipality owning or controlling the real estate upon which is located a flowing artesian well in this...
- 373.207 - Abandoned Artesian Wells.
Each water management district shall develop a work plan which identifies the location of all known abandoned artesian wells within its jurisdictional boundaries and defines...
- 373.209 - Artesian Wells; Penalties For Violation.
(1) No owner, tenant, occupant, or person in control of an artesian well shall knowingly and intentionally:(a) Allow the well to flow continuously without a valve or...
- 373.213 - Certain Artesian Wells Exempt.
Nothing in ss. 373.203, 373.206, 373.209, or this section shall be construed to apply to an artesian well feeding a lake already in existence prior...
- 373.216 - Implementation Of Program For Regulating The Consumptive Use Of Water.
The governing board of each water management district shall, no later than October 31, 1983, implement a program for the issuance of permits authorizing the...
- 373.217 - Superseded Laws And Regulations.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means whereby reasonable programs for the issuance of permits authorizing the consumptive use of particular...
- 373.219 - Permits Required.
(1) The governing board or the department may require such permits for consumptive use of water and may impose such reasonable conditions as are necessary to...
- 373.223 - Conditions For A Permit.
(1) To obtain a permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the applicant must establish that the proposed use of water:(a) Is a reasonable-beneficial use as...
- 373.2234 - Preferred Water Supply Sources.
The governing board of a water management district is authorized to adopt rules that identify preferred water supply sources for consumptive uses for which there...
- 373.2235 - Effect Of Prior Land Acquisition On Consumptive Use Permitting.
The fact that any applicant has acquired, by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise, any land for the specific purpose of serving as a...
- 373.224 - Existing Permits.
Any permits or permit agreements for consumptive use of water executed or issued by an existing flood control, water management, or water regulatory district pursuant...
- 373.226 - Existing Uses.
(1) All existing uses of water, unless otherwise exempted from regulation by the provisions of this chapter, may be continued after adoption of this permit system...
- 373.227 - Water Conservation; Legislative Findings And Intent; Objectives; Comprehensive Statewide Water Conservation Program Requirements.
(1) The Legislature recognizes that the proper conservation of water is an important means of achieving the economical and efficient utilization of water necessary, in part,...
- 373.228 - Landscape Irrigation Design.
(1) The Legislature finds that multiple areas throughout the state have been identified by water management districts as water resource caution areas, which indicates that in...
- 373.229 - Application For Permit.
(1) All permit applications filed with the governing board or the department under this part and notice thereof required under s. 373.116 shall contain:(a) The name of...
- 373.2295 - Interdistrict Transfers Of Groundwater.
(1) As used in this section, the term “interdistrict transfer and use” means a consumptive water use that involves the withdrawal of groundwater from a point...
- 373.22951 - Validation Of Prior Agreements Between Water Management Districts.
Any agreements between water management districts entered into before the effective date of this act pursuant to s. 373.046 authorizing the issuance of permits for...
- 373.232 - Citation Of Rule.
In addition to any other provisions within this part or any rules promulgated hereunder, the permitting agency shall, when requesting information for a permit application...
- 373.233 - Competing Applications.
(1) If two or more applications that otherwise comply with the provisions of this part are pending for a quantity of water that is inadequate for...
- 373.236 - Duration Of Permits; Compliance Reports.
(1) Permits shall be granted for a period of 20 years, if requested for that period of time, if there is sufficient data to provide reasonable...
- 373.239 - Modification And Renewal Of Permit Terms.
(1) A permittee may seek modification of any terms of an unexpired permit.(2) If the proposed modification involves water use of 100,000 gallons or more per day,...
- 373.243 - Revocation Of Permits.
The governing board or the department may revoke a permit as follows:(1) For any material false statement in an application to continue, initiate, or modify a...
- 373.244 - Temporary Permits.
(1) The governing board of a water management district may issue, or may authorize its executive director to issue, temporary permits for the consumptive use of...
- 373.245 - Violations Of Permit Conditions.
Holders of consumptive use permits who violate conditions of such permits shall be liable to abutting consumptive use permitholders for damages caused by such permit...
- 373.246 - Declaration Of Water Shortage Or Emergency.
(1) The governing board or the department by regulation shall formulate a plan for implementation during periods of water shortage. As a part of this plan...
- 373.249 - Existing Regulatory Districts Preserved.
The enactment of this chapter shall not affect any existing water regulatory districts pursuant to chapter 373, or orders issued by said regulatory districts, unless...
- 373.250 - Reuse Of Reclaimed Water.
(1)(a) The encouragement and promotion of water conservation and reuse of reclaimed water, as defined by the department and used in this chapter, are state objectives...
Last modified: September 23, 2016