Drinking Water
Program Update
2016 Focus on
Change
Drinking Water Program Update
Overview
Department News Rules Update
Security and the State Warning Point Water Quality Compliance Rates Plant Operations Excellence Awards
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Department News
New Leadership at DEP
DEP Secretary Jon Steverson
Director of Water Resource Management Fred Aschauer
Deputy Director of Water Resource Management Jane Herndon
Drinking Water and Aquifer Protection Program Administrator
Department News
DEP Water and Waste Water Reorganization - 2015
Drinking Water and Aquifer Protection Program
Jeff Lawson – Program Administrator
Waste Water and Storm Water Management Program
Elsa Potts – Program Administrator
Compliance, Certification, and Restoration Program
Jessica Kleinfelter – Program Administrator
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Rules Update
Revised Total Coliform RuleReplaces TCR –effective April 1, 2016
Applies to all public water systems
Acute MCL based on E. coli (fecal no longer a standard)
Eliminates non-acute total coliform MCL, replaced with system assessments and corrective action treatment technique requirements
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Rules Update
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Requires systems to find & fix identified sanitary defects
Failure to assess/correct = Treatment Technique (TT) violation
Requires specific start-up procedures for “seasonal systems”
Public Notification (PN)
Acute MCL violations - confirmed E. coli contamination
Monitoring and Reporting violations
TT violations (failure to find & fix)
Rules Update
Public Notification Rule (PN)
The PN Rule is part of the Safe Drinking Water Act, it ensures consumers will know if there is a problem with their drinking water
Notifies customers if their water does not meet standards
Notifies customers if their water system fails to test its water
Notifies customers if their system is operating under a variance/exemption
Notifies customers if their water system violates a treatment technique requirement
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Rules Update
Public Notification Rulemaking (PN)
DEP is in the process of deleting/repealing present PN
requirements in Chapter 62-560.400, .410, .430, .440, FAC, and is incorporating EPA’s PN Rule by reference (with clarifications)
Provides more flexibility to incorporate future EPA rules
By incorporating the EPA PN rule by reference, Florida’s PN requirements will be more consistent with EPA, which will reduce confusion.
DEP will be adopting clarifications to the EPA PN Rule to maintain current levels of public health protection (ex. Keeping the Tier 3 PN at 3 months)
Allows Florida to use EPA’s comprehensive PN Handbook 8
EPA Rules On The Horizon
Chromium– total Cr standard is 0.1 mg/L Includes both Cr-3 and Cr-6
CR-3 is an essential human dietary element CR-6 can cause skin irritation (dermatitis)
EPA currently studying possible cancer link to Cr-6
Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule 4(UCMR 4)
UCMR 4 monitoring begins March 2018 Succeeds UCMR 3 (ended 12/31/2015)
Small systems (<10,001) - sampling costs covered by EPA
800 randomly selected SW & GWUDI systems – 10 Cyanotoxins
800 randomly selected SW, GWUDI, & GW – 20 Chemicals Large systems (>10,000)
AllSW & GWUDI – 10 Cyanotoxins
EPA Rules
UCMR 4/Emerging Contaminants
EPA strategy develops standards by groups (lab method, surrogate, toxicity level, etc.)
Criteria used to determine contaminant regulation:
Adverse effect on human health?
Known occurrence or substantial likelihood of occurrence?
Does regulation present meaningful opportunity for public health protection?
Warranted by cost-benefit analysis?
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State Warning Point
Ten Year Summary (120 incidents reported avg/year)
Year Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
2015 77 0 0 77 2014 74 0 0 74 2013 90 1 1 92 2012 84 13 0 97 2011 121 24 2 147 2010 99 23 1 123 2009 130 17 2 149 2008 138 16 2 156 2007 131 14 3 148 2006 131 11 0 142 Totals 1075 119 11 1205 11
Water Security Resources
Information Management Requirements Development Tool – allows users to develop and rate information management surveillance and response system requirements (found at:
http://www2.epa.gov/waterqualitysurveillance/ surveillance-and-response-system-resources)
Water/Wastewater Boot Camp Training – computer-based training walks utilities through how to incorporate emergency management activities into their programs and build overall resilience to hazards (found at: http://1.usa.gov/1HImhvC)
Utility Preparedness Widget –features several water resiliency tools utilities can place on their website to share information and connect water utilities to free materials to improve their preparedness (found at:
Water Security Resources
Preparedness and Response Planning, Tools, and Resources - a variety of guidance documents and training resources to support drinking water and wastewater utility preparedness, response and recovery (found at: http://www.epa.gov/waterutilityresponse) Fed FUNDS - document damage to your utility during a disaster,
and determine which federal funding mechanism is right for you (found at: http://www.epa.gov/fedfunds)
Water Utility Response On-The-Go - a mobile website to consolidate, and make accessible from field, critical information and tools that water utility operators and their response partners may need during an emergency (found at:
http://watersgeo.epa.gov/responseotg/)
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MCL Compliance Rates
MCL Violations by District (October 2014 - September 2015) District NWD NED CD SED SD SWD Total #CWS (174) (202) (490) (150) (112) (512) 1,640 ---DBPs 0 14 12 6 5 6 43 Bactis 11 17 8 16 5 6 63 Nitrates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chems* 1 1 2 2 1 4 11 ---TOTAL 12 32 22 24 11 16 117 * Radionuclide, Inorganic, SOC, and VOC violations
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MCL Compliance Rates
District #CWSs Compliance 1.NWD 162/174 93.1 % 2.NED 170/202 84.2% 3.CD 468/490 95.5% 4.SED 126/150 84.0 % 5.SD 101/112 90.2% 6.SWD 496/512 96.9 % TOTALS 90.7 %2015 Plant Excellence Awards
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2. Eglin Air Force Base – Duke Field 3. Eglin Air Force Base – West/Housing 4. Naval Air Station - Whiting Field 5. City of Clermont – East Water System 6. City of Port Orange – Charles B. Garney WTP 7. Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority - J. Robert Dean WTP 8. Charlotte County Utilities – Burnt Store WTP 9. Peace River Regional Water Treatment Plant
10. Northwest Utilities – Fawn Ridge and Lake Park WTPs 11. City of Lake Wales Water System