§ 18-74. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Board means the board of county commissioners.

Board's designated representative means a person named by the board to act on its behalf in matters concerning the permitting of water well construction.

Centrifugal pump means a pump using a method of displacing water by the centrifugal force created by an impeller moving water through an enclosed chamber.

Floridan aquifer means the sequence of layered consolidated carbonate rocks that functions as the principal artesian aquifer in the state, described by Parker, et al, 1955. In the county the top of the Floridan aquifer is considered to be the top of the continuous limestone unit of the Hawthorn Formation where present or the top of the Ocala Limestone where the limestone unit of the Hawthorn Formation is absent.

Groundwater means water occurring in the ground within the zone of saturation, the zone within which permeable soil and rock materials are saturated with water under hydrostatic pressure, Meinzer, 1949.

Inoperable means unable to produce water either temporarily or permanently.

Licensed water well contractor means any person licensed by the state department of environmental protection or a water management district engaged in the business of construction, repair, or abandonment of water wells.

Multi-stage jet pump means a combination of a centrifugal pump and a nozzle-venturi arrangement. Water discharges under pressure through a nozzle inserted in a pipe. Adaptable to small diameter casings in high head differential installations, usually greater than 25 feet.

Pumping equipment means equipment necessary to produce water from a well.

Static water level means the level of water in a well that is not being affected by withdrawal or injection.

Submersible pump means a centrifugal pump in which the power source, motor, is submerged and directly connected to the pump. Water enters between the motor and the pump assembly and is discharged directly through the pumping column to land surface. This type of pump is capable of displacing water over high head differentials, greater than 25 feet, with efficiencies varying directly with head differences.

Water well means a well constructed for the purpose of acquiring ground water for human consumption, bathing, cooking and sanitation, including but not necessarily limited to wells constructed for single-family and multifamily domestic supply purposes and/or public supply purposes.

(Ord. No. 99-22, § 99-2.21, 11-9-1999)