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Drinking Water
Environmental Health
- 850-895-8360
- LeonFacilities@FLhealth.gov
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Mailing Address
2965 Major James Morgan Jr Way
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Our Environmental Public Health staff are responsible for all regulatory activities pertaining to the permitting, inspection, monitoring, and enforcement of all public drinking water facilities serving Leon County. Over 90 percent of Florida’s drinking water comes from groundwater supplies. As a result, the Drinking Water Program is designed to protect the public from risks associated with drinking contaminated water supplies. This includes public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and Federal Facilities, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Water Rules, Limited Use public water systems not covered under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and private residential well systems.
Limited Use Water Systems
This program monitors construction, permitting, sampling, and enforcement of Limited Use Public Drinking Water Systems, multi-family water systems, and private water systems in Leon County. Any person wanting to operate a Limited Use Well in Leon County must submit the appropriate applications, fees, site plans, and well completion report (if available) to the Florida Department of Health in Leon County Environmental Public Health Services and be granted a license prior to operation. Licenses must be renewed annually and failure to renew on time will result in the assessment of a late fee.
For more information and additional resources, visit the state Limited Use Public Water Systems webpage.
Well Surveillance
The Well Surveillance Program protects public health by monitoring and identifying threats to the drinking water supply. Drinking water wells are vulnerable to contamination by industrial chemicals, petroleum, or agricultural chemicals. The two main activities of the Well Surveillance Program are well surveys and sampling. Surveys are typically requested by the DEP as part of their cleanup responsibilities. The potable water wells that are within a certain distance of these risk sources are sampled, characterized, given a Florida Unique Well ID and DGPS'ed. The sample results are tracked and monitored.
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