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.
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.
Limited Use Public Water System Fee Schedule
| New Construction or Modifications of a Limited-Use System | $16- |
| Application for Limited Use System | $150 |
| New Construction/Modification/ Existing Conversion of a Multi-Family System | $160 |
| Initial Annual Operating Permit for an Existing Family Day Care | $180 |
| Renewal – Annual Operating Permit | $160 |
| Renewal – Annual Operating Permit for Family Daycare | $180 |
| Registration Exemption for Newly Constructed and Approved LU System | $45 |
| Clearance Samples for New Construction or Modification of a Limited Use System without DOH | $115 |
| Clearance Samples for New Construction or Modification of a Limited Use System w/DOH | $165 |
| Quarterly Bacti Monitoring Samples (includes one free resample if positive) | $95 |
| Annual Bacti Monitoring Samples (includes one free resample if positive) | $145 |
| 3/5yr Lead/Nitrate Monitoring without DOH | $105 |
| 3/5yr Lead/Nitrate Monitoring w/DOH | $155 |
| Duplicate Permit | $10 |
| Late Fee | $100 |
| Reinspection | $100 |
| Research/Data Review Fee | $25 |
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.