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<br />Natural Groundwater Sub-Element
<br />GOP Number GOP Language Recommended Action Comments/Rationale
<br />Goal To protect the function of natural groundwater aquifer recharge areas, to prevent the contamination of groundwater
<br />and to extend the life span of the county's aquifers through water conservation. Revise
<br />Revise to: To protect the function of natural groundwater recharge
<br />areas, to prevent the contamination of groundwater, and to promote
<br />sustainability of the County's aquifers.
<br />Objective 1
<br />Through 2020, there will be no instances of contamination of groundwater aquifers or public supply wells within the
<br />county. For the purpose of this objective, water quality will be based on primary and secondary maximum contaminant
<br />levels (MCLs), as defined by the FDEP in Chapter 17-550, F.A.C.
<br />Revise
<br />The County will take measures to protect its sources of drinking water
<br />within the Upper Floridan aquifer and public supply wells within the
<br />county against regulated contaminants, such that treated drinking
<br />water can meet primary and secondary maximum contaminant levels
<br />(MCLs), as defined by the FDEP in Chapter 62-550, F.A.C.
<br />Policy 1.1: By 2010, the county shall update the Surficial Primary Recharge Overlay District (SAPROD) map using a geographic
<br />information systems (GIS) format. Revise
<br />The County shall update as needed the Surficial Primary Recharge
<br />Overlay District (SAPROD) map using a geographic information systems
<br />(GIS) format.
<br />Policy 1.2:
<br />By 2012, the county will assist the SJR WMD and FDEP in developing a Wellhead Protection Area (WHP A) map for
<br />Indian River County by providing the following information:
<br /> ~ the location of existing public wellheads;
<br /> ~ the proposed location of future public wellheads; and,
<br /> ~ potential conflicts between existing and future land uses and public wellhead protection areas.
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<br />The WPHA map will be compatible with the county's G.LS. database.
<br />Remove Addressed in LDR section 931.04
<br />Policy 1.3: The county shall continue to prohibit the location of septic systems within two hundred feet of a public water supply
<br />well, unless otherwise approved by the FDEP or HRS. Revise Confirm with County Attorney regarding authority to regulate; update
<br />accordingly
<br />Policy 1.4: The county, through its stormwater permitting processes, shall ensure that storm water management structures,
<br />except those located within the SAPROD, are designed to function as aquifer recharge areas. Remove
<br />This is asking a SWM structure to do something that may be physically
<br />impossible in a given area. Check legality re, County's ability to permit
<br />stormwater management.
<br />Policy 1.5:
<br />The county shall continue to protect existing and future public water supply wells from contamination by continuing to
<br />implement Chapter 931 of the County's land development regulations and by prohibiting any non-residential land use
<br />which stores, handles, or produces a toxic degradation or petroleum-based product, or any substance regulated under
<br />40 CFR 302,40 CFR 122.21, and/or Chapter 487, F.S. from locating within 1,000 feet of a public water supply well. The
<br />minimum radial separation distances for land uses and structures from public wellhead regulated areas are as follows:
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<br />~ 200 feet for on-site disposal systems, unless approved by the FDEP or DHRS;
<br />~ 300 feet for wet retention/detention areas, unless approved by the SJRWMD;
<br />~ 500 feet for landfill and/or transfer stations, above ground or underground storage
<br />~ tanks, feed lots and animal facilities, and WWTP effluent discharges, unless approved by the FDEP;
<br />~ 1,000 for any mining and/or excavation of waterways or drainage facilities which intersect the water table.
<br />Revise
<br />The County shall continue to protect existing and future public water
<br />supply wells, as defined under Chapter 62-550, F.A.C., from
<br />contamination by continuing to implement Chapter 931 of the County's
<br />LDRs and by prohibiting any non-residential land use which stores,
<br />handles, or produces a toxic degradation or petroleum-based product,
<br />or any substance regulated under 40 CFR 302,40 CFR 122.21, and/or
<br />Chapter 487, F.S. from locating within 1,000 feet of a public water
<br />supply well. The minimum radial separation distances for land uses and
<br />structures from public wellhead regulated areas are as follows, unless
<br />superseded by more stringent setback requirements per Chapter 62-
<br />532, F.A.C. or Chapter 62-521, F.A.C.:
<br />~ 200 feet for on-site disposal systems, unless approved by the FDEP;
<br />~ 300 feet for wet retention/detention areas, unless approved by the
<br />SJRWMD;
<br />~ 500 feet for landfill and/or transfer stations, above ground or
<br />underground storage tanks, feed lots and animal facilities, and WWTP
<br />effluent discharges, unless approved by the FDEP;
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