Polk News Sun
September 18, 2024
State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
Notice of Draft Permit
The Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides notice that it has prepared a draft permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application, subject to the conditions specified in the draft permit and summarized below. The applicant, City of Winter Haven, Gary M Hubbard, P.E.,Winter Haven Water Director, 401 6th Street Southwest, Winter Haven, Florida 33880 applied on Sep 14, 2023, for a Class V injection well construction permit. The project is located at East Winter Haven Aquifer Storage and Recovery Facility, Buckeye Loop Road at Dundee Road, Winter Haven, Florida, in Polk County (File 0440048-001-UC/5SR, WACS ID 108051).
The permittee will construct and conduct cycle testing of one non-hazardous Class V, Group 3,aquifer storage and recovery well, ASR-1, for the disposal of reclaimed water treated to high level disinfection standards from the City of Winter Haven Master Reuse System which includes reclaimed water from Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) No. 2 and WWTF No. 3 and monitor associated monitor wells SLMW-1 and DZMW-1. The maximum injection rate for ASR-1 shall be 3,993 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume for ASR-1 shall be 5.75 million gallons per day. The injection well will be constructed with a 24-inch diameter steel casing set to 1,150 feet below land surface (bls), a 14-inch diameter steel casing set to 1,850 feet bls with a cemented annulus, and total depth of 2,600 feet bls. The single-zone monitor well SLMW-1 will be completed from 200 to 250 feet bls. The dual-zone monitor well DZMW-1 will have an upper zone from 1,085 to 1,135 feet bls and a lower zone from 1,850 to 1,900 feet bls. The storage zone will be an underground source of drinking water.
The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt from permitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground Injection Control permit is required for the proposed work.
Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. A request for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is later scheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Written comments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permit application. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in formulation of the Department's final decision regarding permit issuance.
The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest District, and at the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program office in Tallahassee. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtained by contacting Walsta Jean-Baptiste at 850-245-8386 or Walsta.JeanBaptiste@FloridaDEP.gov .
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