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HB 1153 2024
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment;
3 providing legislative findings; requiring the
4 Department of Environmental Protection, in
5 consultation with the water management districts and
6 sewage disposal facilities, to submit to the Governor
7 and Legislature, by specified dates, reports on
8 certain permitted sewage disposal facilities in the
9 state, a priority ranking process for implementing
10 advanced wastewater treatment upgrades at such
11 facilities, and the implementation status of such
12 upgrades; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. (1) The Legislature finds that the discharge
17 of inadequately treated wastewater and aging sewage disposal
18 facilities compromise the quality of the environment, including
19 freshwater, brackish water, and nearshore and offshore salt
20 waters, and threatens the quality of life and local economies in
21 the state that depend on those resources. The Legislature also
22 finds that the only practical and cost-effective way to
23 fundamentally improve wastewater management is to require
24 advanced wastewater treatment or better at all sewage disposal
25 facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than 1 million
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26 gallons per day in the state.
27 (2) In order to prioritize the upgrade of sewage disposal
28 facilities, by December 31, 2024, the Department of
29 Environmental Protection, in consultation with the water
30 management districts and wastewater facilities, shall submit to
31 the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
32 the House of Representatives a report detailing all of the
33 following for all sewage disposal facilities with a permitted
34 capacity of greater than 1 million gallons per day in the state:
35 (a) Year of construction for the facility and any
36 maintenance or upgrades.
37 (b) Total permitted volume of water treated daily.
38 (c) Actual permitted volume of water treated daily over
39 the most recent 1 year and 5 year averages.
40 (d) Current level of treatment, including concentrations
41 for each of the following:
42 1. Biochemical oxygen demand.
43 2. Suspended solids.
44 3. Total nitrogen.
45 4. Total phosphorus.
46 5. 1,4-dioxane.
47 6. Perfluorooctanoic acid.
48 7. Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid.
49 8. Molybdenum.
50 9. Other contaminants of emerging concern as determined by
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51 the department.
52 (e) Estimated total pollutant loading based on permitted
53 volume and concentrations.
54 (f) Disposal methods and the volume discharged to any
55 receiving waterbodies, if applicable, pursuant to s.
56 403.064(17), Florida Statutes.
57 (g) Impairment status of any receiving waterbodies within
58 the watershed.
59 (h) Implementation status of total maximum daily loads and
60 basin management action plans and recommended reductions for
61 load allocations and wasteload allocations for pollutants of
62 concern.
63 (i) Total volume and concentration of any permitted and
64 nonpermitted wastewater spills since 2010.
65 (3) By December 31, 2025, the department, in consultation
66 with the water management districts and sewage disposal
67 facilities, shall submit to the Governor, the President of the
68 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report
69 outlining a priority ranking process to upgrade all sewage
70 disposal facilities in the state to advanced waste treatment by
71 2035, based on all of the following:
72 (a) Overall environmental benefit of a project based on:
73 1. Water quality in receiving waterbodies, including
74 impairment status;
75 2. Severity and duration of documented algal blooms;
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76 3. Loss of submerged vegetation;
77 4. Death of fish and wildlife;
78 5. Public health advisories;
79 6. Quantity and concentration of permitted and
80 nonpermitted spills; and
81 7. Risk of failure.
82 (b) Estimated reduction in nutrient and pollutant loads
83 with advanced waste treatment.
84 (c) An explanation of additional projects necessary to
85 meet any adopted total maximum daily loads and basin management
86 action plans if upgrading to advanced treatment is not
87 sufficient.
88 (d) Cost-effectiveness as determined by a planning-level
89 cost estimate.
90 (e) Potential financial assistance available, including
91 the water quality improvement grant program under s. 403.0673,
92 Florida Statutes, and availability of local matching funds.
93 (f) Project readiness and the estimated date of
94 completion.
95 (4) By June 30, 2026, the department, in consultation with
96 the water management districts and sewage disposal facilities,
97 shall submit to the Governor, President of the Senate, and
98 Speaker of the House of Representatives a progress report on the
99 status of upgrades established under subsection (3) for each
100 sewage disposal facility with a permitted capacity of greater
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101 than 1 million gallons per day in the state. The report must
102 include a list of the sewage disposal facilities with a
103 permitted capacity of greater than 1 million gallons per day
104 required to upgrade to advanced wastewater treatment, the
105 preliminary cost estimates for the upgrades, a projected
106 timeline of the dates by which the upgrades will begin and be
107 completed, and the date by which operations of the upgraded
108 sewage disposal facility will begin.
109 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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