62-600.420. Minimum Treatment Standards - Technology Based Effluent Limitations (TBELs)

Except as specifically required by other Department rules or Florida Statutes, all domestic wastewater facilities shall provide, at a minimum, secondary treatment of wastewater prior to reuse or disposal. Secondary treatment requirements are specified below: (1) Surface water disposal (excluding discharges to open ocean outfalls, but including discharges to Class III coastal waters) (a) CBOD5 1. The annual average shall not exceed 20.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 25.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 40.0 mg/L, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L; and, 5. The monthly average percent removal shall not be less than 85%. (b) Total Suspended Solids 1. The annual average shall not exceed 20.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 30.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 45.0 mg/L, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L; and, 5. The monthly average percent removal shall not be less than 85%. (2) Surface water disposal via open ocean outfalls (a) CBOD5 1. The annual average shall not exceed 25.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 25.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 40.0 mg/L, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L; and, 5. The monthly average percent removal shall not be less than 85%. (b) Total Suspended Solids 1. The annual average shall not exceed 30.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 30.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 45.0 mg/L, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L; and, 5. The monthly average percent removal shall not be less than 85%. (3) Reuse, land application, or groundwater discharge (including underground injection, but excluding potable reuse projects). (a) CBOD5 1. The annual average shall not exceed 20.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 30.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 45.0 mg/L; and, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L. (b) Total Suspended Solids 1. The annual average shall not exceed 20.0 mg/L, 2. The monthly average shall not exceed 30.0 mg/L, 3. The weekly average shall not exceed 45.0 mg/L; and, 4. The maximum-permissible concentration in any single sample shall not exceed 60.0 mg/L. (4) Disinfection and pH control shall be provided in accordance with rules 62-600.440 and 62-600.445, F.A.C.