State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection

Notice of Draft Permit

The Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides notice that it has prepared a draft permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application, subject to the conditions specified in the draft permit and summarized below. The applicant, City of St. Petersburg, John E. Palenchar, Director, Water Resources, 1650 3rd Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33713 applied on Aug 12, 2021, for a Class V Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) injection well operation permit. The project is located at Southwest Water Reclamation Facility ASR, 3800 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711, in Pinellas County (File 0332529-003-UO/5SR, WACS ID 94644).

The permittee will operate one Class V, Group 3 ASR injection well ASR-1 (formerly TPW-1) and four associated monitor wells B-4, B-5, B-10, and C-2 for the storage of non-hazardous reclaimed water meeting high level disinfection standards from the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and the Master Reuse distribution system that is connected to St. Petersburg’s Southwest, Northwest, and Northeast WRFs. The maximum injection rate for ASR-1 shall be 1,200 gallons per minute and the maximum injection volume for ASR-1 shall be 1.73 million gallons per day. Injection well ASR-1 is constructed with a 16-inch diameter casing set to 490 feet below land surface (bls), and a total depth of 600 feet bls. Monitor wells B-5 and B-10 are completed in the Upper Floridan aquifer at 329 and 335 feet bls respectively. Monitor wells B-4 and C-2 are completed in the Upper Floridan aquifer at 548 and 620 feet bls respectively.

The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt from permitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground Injection Control permit is required for the proposed work.

Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. A request for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is later scheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Written comments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permit application. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in formulation of the Department’s final decision regarding permit issuance.

The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest District, and at the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program office in Tallahassee. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtained by contacting Dan Warmke, Professional Geologist at 813-470-5741.
11/26/2025 (66573h)