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Our mission is to manage, protect, conserve, and restore water resources of Lake County. Water Resources monitors all ground and surface water within Lake County. The Division works closely with the St. Johns River Water Management and Southwest Florida Water Management Districts for surface and ground water monitoring, and with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The Division also provides hydrological and geological support to other departments as needed.
Water Quality Services Programs:
- Surface Water Monitoring Program
- Water Quality Laboratory
- Map of Surface Sample Sites within Lake County
- Map of Lake County Landfills Monitored for Ground Water
- Environmental / CUP Compliance
- Prepare Conditional Use Permits, review application, review monitoring plans, review operation plans, enforcement.
- Review and oversee monitoring plans to ensure compliance with CUPs.
- Development Review
- Review any new development plans for compliance with LDRs and Comp Plan in relation to water resources and effluent disposal.
- Prepare Technical Staff Reports.
- Golf Course Ordinance Compliance
- Review and approve Golf Course Management Plans.
- Review and oversee monitoring plans to ensure compliance with approved monitoring plans.
- Water Resource Atlas Administration
- Oversee the management of Web-based Water Atlas including preparing and/or reviewing content.
- Implementing new features, maintaining database and provide for public awareness of availability to include coordinating with USF.
- Storage Tanks Program Compliance
- Inspection & compliance for all under/above ground Storage Tanks in Lake County including enforcement.
- Program is mostly funded by State contract.
- Mining Inspection and Compliance Program
- Review new mining applications, operation plans, hydrogeologic reports, DRS, enforcement.
- Perform annual compliance inspection & enforcement.
- Review and oversee monitoring plans to ensure compliance with MSPs.
- Conserve II Program Administration
- Orlando/Orange County Reuse Discharge program in Lake County.
- Review and oversee monitoring programs and project plans for Conserv II program in Lake County.
- Wellhead Program Management
- Site plan review for all new public supply wells.
- Water Quality Services
- Prepare & present code cases before the Code Enforcement Board for violations of the various above listed programs including environmental complaints from citizens & Commissioners.
- Solid Waste Landfill Monitoring
- Permitting & Inspection program for all private landfills.
- Environmental Site Assessments
- WRM performs Certified ESA’s for County Departments when requested.
- Home Heating Oil Recovery Program
- FREE removal of old home heating oil from above / underground residential storage tanks.
- Water Laboratory Services
- Surface Water
- Stormwater NPDES/TMDLs
- Drinking Water
- Laboratory Services
- Lake County Landfill Regulatory Compliance
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