FL S0724

Postpones the deadline for domestic wastewater facilities to meet advanced treatment requirements from December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2020.

Extends the deadline for installing functioning reuse systems from December 31, 2023, to December 31, 2025, with a minimum requirement of 60 percent of facility baseline flow for reuse activities.

Allows utilities that shared a common ocean outfall on July 1, 2008, to enter into binding agreements to share or transfer responsibility for meeting reuse requirements.

Permits backup ocean outfall discharges after December 31, 2025, only during reduced reclaimed water demand periods or peak flows, limited to 5 percent of baseline flow measured as a 5-year rolling average.

Requires permit holders to submit detailed plans by October 1, 2014 (instead of July 1, 2013) and updated plans by July 1, 2018 (instead of July 1, 2016), with the Department of Environmental Protection to report legislative recommendations by February 15, 2015.