January 7, 2008

ISSUE 1200

SWUCA CALIBRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING; EXTENSIONS AVAILABLE

In January 2003, the Southern Water Use Caution Area (SWUCA) rules went into effect and several permit conditions were added or changed. One of those conditions changed the reporting of flow meter accuracy testing from every two to every five years. Many water use permits will have this condition due by Jan. 31.

A list of companies that can perform this test is on the Southwest Florida Water Management District Web page at www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/permits/consultants/.
Because of the number of meters to be tested, these companies may not be able to schedule all the tests by the end of January. The district would like to work with permittees to help them satisfy this permit condition, so it will modify the condition's due date for producers who experience a problem scheduling the accuracy test.

Permittees should contact SWFWMD’s Regulation Performance Management PMD Section staff at (800) 423-1476 with the date the meters are scheduled to be tested. Staff will arrange to have the permit condition's due date changed to accommodate the meter testing date.