Florida Administrative Code
40 - WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
40B - Suwannee River Water Management District
Chapter 40B-21 - WATER SHORTAGE PLAN
Section 40B-21.541 - Use Classifications
Universal Citation: FL Admin Code R 40B-21.541
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Each water user shall be classified according to one or more of the following use classes and subclasses of water:
(a) Indoor uses,
which include water used for indoor personal and household needs, and similar
needs at businesses;
(b) Essential
uses of water for fire fighting purposes, health and medical purposes, and to
satisfy federal, state, or local public health and safety
requirements;
(c) Agricultural
uses, such as production of vegetable and other crops, citrus and fruit trees,
nursery plants, pasture, sod, aquaculture, soil flooding, and freeze
protection. This classification includes the following subclasses:
1. Low pressure/low volume irrigation
systems;
2. High pressure/high
volume irrigation systems;
3.
Flood/seepage irrigation systems;
4. Soil flooding;
5. Freeze protection.;
6. Livestock care;
7. Aquaculture.
(d) Commercial and industrial uses in which
water is integral to the production of goods and services, including power
generation. This classification includes the following subclasses:
1. Phosphate mining and beneficiation,
including all primary and ancillary uses of water in the mining, beneficiation,
and transport of phosphate ore and associated products.
2. Chemical products processing or
manufacturing, including all primary and ancillary uses of water in the
manufacturing of phosphate chemicals, fertilizers, chlorine, lead, zinc, and
other chemicals.
3. Limestone,
sand, gravel, or other minerals mining, including all primary and ancillary
uses of water in the mining, processing, and transport of limestone, sand,
gravel, or other mineral products.
4. Cement, concrete, and concrete products
manufacturing, including all primary and ancillary uses of water integral to
the manufacturing of cement, concrete, and concrete products.
5. Perishable foods processing, including the
use of water for the processing of such perishable foods as citrus,
strawberries, and tomatoes.
6.
Perishable foods packing, including the use of water in the packing of
perishable foods.
7. Bottled water
and other beverage products, including the use of water for direct bottling or
the production of beer, wine, soft drinks, or other beverages.
8. Power generation, including the use of
water for steam generation and the use of water for cooling and for
replenishment of cooling reservoirs.
9. Other industrial and commercial uses.
Includes all such activities not elsewhere sub-classified.
(e) Water utility use, which may include both
water used for potable supply and water used for maintaining and operating the
supply system;
(f) Landscape
irrigation, which is the outdoor irrigation of grass, trees and other plants in
places such as residences, businesses, golf courses, parks, recreational areas,
cemeteries, and public buildings; and
(g) Miscellaneous uses such as aesthetic
ponds, fountains and water features, environmental restoration or enhancement,
cooling and air conditioning, and navigation.
(2) The listing of the classifications above does not establish any priority ranking between classes.
Rulemaking Authority 373.044, 373.113 FS. Law Implemented 373.175, 373.246 FS.
New 7-30-06.
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