Capacity development (CD) is an initiative by the state to ensure that drinking water systems acquire and maintain adequate technical, managerial and financial capabilities to enable them to consistently provide safe drinking water. Capacity has three components: technical, managerial and financial.
The requirements of the new systems CD program may apply to your system, if the following applies.
System or proposed system is a CWS (community water system) or NTNCWS (non-transient, non-community water system) which:
The state requires that all chemicals added to drinking water and all system components that come in contact with drinking water be certified under ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61. These standards ensure that there are no harmful chemicals inadvertently added to the drinking water supply. Please note: Links on this page will open in a new browser window.
Water beneath the surface of the ground is classified as being “under the direct influence of surface water” (UDI) if it exhibits either:
Capacity development (CD) is an initiative by the state to ensure that drinking water systems acquire and maintain adequate technical, managerial and financial capabilities to enable them to consistently provide safe drinking water. Capacity has three components: technical, managerial and financial.
The requirements of the new systems CD program may apply to your system, if the following applies:
System or proposed system is a CWS (community water system) or NTNCWS (non-transient, non-community water system) which:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) periodically requires public water systems throughout the nation to conduct monitoring under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) for contaminants that may be present in drinking water but are not currently subjected to federal drinking water regulations.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection allow for electronic delivery of the Consumer Confidence Report.
"Sanitary Survey" means an on-site review of the water source, facilities, equipment, operation and maintenance of a public water system to evaluate the adequacy of such source, facilities, equipment, operation and maintenance for producing and distributing safe drinking water.
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