- In 1986, the Florida Legislature created the State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Act (SUPER Act) Program in response to groundwater contamination resulting from leaking underground petroleum storage tanks. The primary authority for the SUPER Act Program was given to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems.  FDEP oversees the clean-up activities around petroleum facilities that have had a loss of petroleum product. The Florida Department of Health's SUPER Act Program (per Chapter 376.3071(4)(g), Florida Statutes), was given authority to provide field and laboratory services, toxicological risk assessments, investigations of drinking water contamination complaints and education of the public.  

Recognizing the number of contaminated facilities and the threat to drinking water, the Department of Health was given public health responsibility of identifying drinking water wells around contaminated petroleum facilities. In addition, a representative number of drinking water wells are sampled for petroleum contamination. Since the program's inception, County Health Departments (CHDs) have investigated contaminated sites statewide and sampled drinking water systems under the direction of the State Health Office. These services are funded by the Legislature through the Inland Protection Trust Fund.   

Well Surveys/sampling - A common well surveillance method is to conduct well surveys.  The two essential activities performed when completing a well survey are locating facilities (i.e. service stations)  and then sampling nearby drinking water wells for volatile organic chemicals (VOCs).  Each CHD provides accurate Global Positioning System (GPS) locations for the requested petroleum service station (a.k.a facility) and drinking water wells located within a 1/4 mile radius, and all large public wells (more than 100,000 gallons per day) within a 1/2 mile radius. 

 - As part of our cooperative agreement with FDEP, we participate in their FLUWID (Florida Unique Well IDentification) program. The program's goal is to simplify water well identification and exchange of information between state agencies concerned with well construction data, well location and groundwater quality.  The program involves tagging wells with a unique alphanumeric code called the FLUWID Well ID (Example: ABC1234).  For more information about the program, contact the Groundwater Protection Section of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection at (850) 921-9428.

Data available for download - The SUPER Act Program maintains two databases, Wells and Facilities, that are used to generate our well surveys.  These tables are available for download in both an Dbase (.dbf) and text (.txt) format.  The DBF files have been compressed into executable (.exe) files for quicker download times.  To view a table in DBF format, click on the applicable .exe file, save the .exe file to your computer, open the .exe file, choose "unzip", then save the DBF file to your computer.

Wells table (updated 12/28/2011) - This table consists of data relating to all privately and publicly owned potable wells investigated as part of the SUPER Act program. The table contains information about the owners, addresses and  geographic coordinates of the wells.  For information regarding the test results of specific wells included in this table, contact us at the link below. The data is too large for an Excel spreadsheet.  Use dBase or other program to view properly.  View a list of the fields and field definitions for the Wells table.  View Instructions on how to unzip the zip file, and import the resulting table to ArcView 9.x.  Please note that the Wells table text file and mdb file contains more records that Microsoft Excel is able to render, therefore DO NOT USE EXCEL to view/edit the data as it will be incomplete. 

Facilities table (updated 12/28/11) - This table consists of data relating to petroleum and drycleaning facilities investigated as part of the SUPER Act Program, and Drycleaning Solvent Surveillance Program (DSSP).  Use dBase or other program to view properly. View a list of the fields and field definitions for the Facilities table.  View Instructions on how to unzip the zip file, and import the resulting table to ArcView 9.x.
 

GPS Equipment used/data accuracy - Within the last several years, Real-time Differential GPS receivers (RDGPS) have been used to provide a location accuracy within five meters. However, some older data was collected using non-RDGPS sources including digitized maps and handheld devices used for recreational GPS. Refer to the "GPS_Status" field in each table to determine if accuracy is RDGPS.

Assessing Risk (1.8MB PDF - opens in new window) to Public Health from
Petroleum Contamination in Potable Wells
Using the Geographic Information System (GIS)-
This paper describes the Florida Department of Health's (DOH) strategy to assess, monitor and remediate petroleum contamination in potable water wells using Geographic Information System (GIS) utilities.

Spatial Analysis of Potable Well Data to Assess Public Health Risks and Support Remedial Action Planning at Groundwater Contamination Sites in Florida- (9MB zip - opens in new window).

This presentation was given at the American Water Resources Association's Spring Specialty Conference 'GIS and Water Resources IV', Houston, Texas, May 8-13, 2006.  The presentation provides an overview of the cooperative efforts between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Health to Assess Public Health Risks and Support Remedial Action Planning at Groundwater Contamination Sites in Florida.
 
Technical Guide (<1mb pdf, opens in new window)
This is the guide we use to perform all SUPER Act related activities. 

Website update frequency - The data tables will be updated on the first weekday of each month by the SUPER Act Program within the Bureau of Drinking Water Programs, Division of Environmental Health, Florida Department of Health.

Contact us - Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

For additional information Email or call us at (850) 245-4240.

Links (all links open in a new window)- 

To get information and maps on Wells, Facilities, EDB, Nitrates, etc.:

Well Surveillance Maps - This page is for the Charts Mapping Program itself
 
Well Surveillance Maps Help  - This page is for help only

American Water Works Association - MTBE Resource Center

ATSDR - ToxFAQs Benzene

ATSDR - ToxFAQs Methyl tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)

ATSDR - Toxicological Profile Benzene

ATSDR - Toxicological Profile Methyl tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)

DEP - Florida's Waste Management - Petroleum Storage Systems

DEP - Florida's Waste Management - Storage Tank Regulation

Chemical and Pathogenic Contaminant Exposure by Drinking Water

EPA Ground Water & Drinking Water - Technical Factsheet on BENZENE

EPA - Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) MTBE (Methyl tertiary-butyl ether) and Underground Storage Tanks

EPA- Underground Storage Tank Confinement

EPA - Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water - MTBE - A guide for Private Well Owners (pdf <1mb)

Volusia County - Environmental Management