The Drinking Water Programs within the Bureau of Environmental Health has responsibility for several aspects of drinking water, including direct oversight, source water protection, and public education.
For more information about Drinking Water Programs, visit the Florida Department of Health, Water Section Phone List for contact information.
Resources
Public Drinking Water Systems
- Safe Drinking Water Act – Information about municipal water and other large water systems
- Limited Use Public Drinking Water Systems – Smaller systems, but still larger than a single family home
Private Wells
- Private and other Water Well Construction – Information about new water well construction
- Delineated Areas – Areas of groundwater contamination and what affect they may have on your new water well
- Private Well Testing – What private well owners should know about their wells
Well Monitoring Programs
- Well Surveillance – Well sampling around sites of known or suspected man-caused contamination.
- Mapping Site