The terms set forth herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and such meanings shall
apply throughout these rules. To facilitate easier reference, certain terms
defined by applicable statute have been included herein with appropriate
citation. Terms which apply to only 1 chapter of these rules are defined in the
respective chapter.
(1) "Act" means
the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972, as amended, together with all
provisions of Chapter 373, F.S., relating to Water Management Districts and any
amendments thereto which may be made from time to time.
(2) "Aquifer" means a hydrologic unit which
consists of a geologic formation, a related group of formations, or only part
of a formation, which is saturated with water and capable of transmitting
usable quantities of water to wells or springs.
(3) "Board" means the Governing
Board.
(4) "Consumptive use" means
any use of water that reduces the supply from which it is withdrawn or
diverted.
(5) "District" means the
Southwest Florida Water Management District.
(6) "Domestic use" means any use of water for
individual personal needs or for household purposes such as drinking, bathing,
heating, cooking, or sanitation, Section
373.019(6),
F.S.
(7) "Executive Director" means
the Executive Director of the District or the person designated by the Board to
act in his absence.
(8) "Governing
Board" means the Governing Board of Southwest Florida Water Management
District.
(9) "Impoundment" means
any natural or manmade lake, reservoir, pond, or other containment of water
occupying a bed or depression in the earth's surface and having a discernible
shoreline.
(10) "Material change"
means information which is reasonably expected to lead to a different agency
action on the application or an impact or design specification that is
different in degree or kind than previously proposed.
(11) "Minimum rate of flow" means the limit
at which further withdrawals from a stream or other watercourse would be
significantly harmful to the water resources or ecology of the area.
(12) "Minimum level" means the level of the
water table or of the potentiometric surface of water in an aquifer or the
level of surface water at which further withdrawals would be significantly
harmful to the water resources of the area.
(13) "Other watercourse" means any canal,
ditch, or other artificial watercourse in which water usually flows in a
defined bed or channel. It is not essential that the flowing be uniform or
uninterrupted, Section
373.019(14),
F.S.
(14) "Otherwise control" means
any contractual right, rental agreement, license, or permit from an owner which
an applicant has to exercise authority over certain property, especially
insofar as it relates to the water resources of the
property.
