Water Contacts

Phone Numbers by Subject Area

By Divisional Structure

Assessment and Restoration Support 850-245-8346

Standards and Assessment 850-245 8064
Administers rules and standards for surface water quality and impaired waters & coordinates the development of numeric nutrient criteria.

Watershed Assessment 850-245-8346
Water body assessment and listing of impaired waters

Watershed Monitoring 850-245-8433
Implements the state’s Status and Trends monitoring networks for both surface and ground water, including coordination with other monitoring entities

Beaches and Coastal Systems 850-488-7808

Beach Erosion Control Program 850-922-7703
Management of the Beach Erosion Control Program

Coastal Data Analysis 850-413-7718
Geographic Information Systems, historic shoreline data, offshore and beach profile data.

Coastal Engineering 850-413-7803
Models shoreline changes, determines erosion rates and areas of critical erosion

Coastal Construction Control Line Permitting 850-921-7745
Coastal Construction Control Line permitting

Environmental Permitting 850-414-7728
ERP and joint coastal permitting, regulating beach nourishment and port dredging

Information Technology Services 850-245-8028

Laboratories 850-245-8058

Biology 850-245-8176
Field sampling, laboratory analyses, technical review and data interpretations

Chemistry 850-245-8115
Management services, expert witnesses, technical guidance, analytical laboratory support

Laboratory Support 850-245-8058
Laboratory instrument and desktop PC support, LIMS development, QA oversight and sample receiving.

Mining and Minerals Regulation 850-488-8217

Environmental Resources 863-534-7077
Ecological planning and wetland permitting support

Mandatory Non-Phosphate 850-488-8217
Reclamation of non-phosphate-mined lands

Mandatory Phosphate 850-488-8217
Reclamation of lands mined for phosphate after June 1975

Non-Mandatory Reimbursement 850- 488-8217
Grants for reclamation of lands mined for phosphate before July 1975

Oil and Gas (850)488-8217
Permitting authority for oil and gas drilling, production, and geophysical exploration in Florida

Phosphogypsum Program

Phosphate Management Program (Tampa) 813/632-7600
Permitting, compliance, enforcement, financial responsibility and closure associated with phosphogypsum stack systems

Program Management and Evaluation 850-488-8217

Technical Support 850-488-8217
Engineering and hydrology

Submerged Lands (Wetlands) and Environmental Resource Permitting 850-245-8474

Compliance and Enforcement (850) 245-8488
Compliance and Enforcement for ERP Permitting & Sovereign Submerged Lands, public outreach

Mitigation (850) 245-8492
Mitigation, offsite mitigation, offsite regional mitigation, and the purchase of mitigation credits from permitted mitigation banks

Program Development and Support (850) 245-8486
Questions on Sovereign Submerged Lands and Environmental Resource Permit programs, issues involving Sovereign Submerged Lands and all rulemaking

Wetland Delineation (850) 245-8474
Perform wetland delineations, provide training in wetland delineation and classification, provide technical assistance

Water Facilities Funding 850-245-8358

Drinking Water Funding 850-245-8358

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 850-245-8366
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund facilities planning and design reviews; construction management; project closeout

Operator Certification 850-245-7500
Water and wastewater operator testing and licensing; complaint investigation

Program Management 850-245-8358
Financial management; loan disbursements; loan repayments

Wastewater & Stormwater Funding 850-245-8358
Clean Water State Revolving Fund facilities planning and design reviews; construction management; project closeout; small community wastewater grants

Water Supply Restoration 850-245-8369
Restoration of drinking water (filters, lines, new wells) where private wells are contaminated

Water Facilities Regulation 850-245-8600

Drinking Water 850-245-8624
Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; technical assistance; monitoring and reporting data management; rule development

Ground Water Regulatory 850-245-8645
Wellhead Protection; Source Water Protection; Ground Water Delineation Program; Water Well Contractors Information and Violations Clearinghouse; technical assistance; rule development

NPDES Stormwater 850-245-8430
Stormwater permitting and compliance associated with construction activity, certain industrial sectors, and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

Underground Injection Control 850-245-8655
Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; monitoring and reporting data management; rule development

Wastewater Management 850-245-8664

Domestic Wastewater 850-245-8605
Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; reuse; residuals; industrial pretreatment; local program delegation; rule development

Industrial Wastewater 850-245-8589
Permitting, compliance, and enforcement coordination; power plant permitting; animal husbandry; rule development

Wastewater Compliance Evaluation 850-245-8567
Compliance and enforcement coordination; toxicity issues; permit forms

Water Policy 850-245-8675

Water Management District oversight, Florida Water Plan, District Water Management Plan Review

Watershed Restoration 850-245-7508

Ground Water & Springs Protection 850-245-8228
Ground water, including ground water – surface water interaction & basin assessment, Springs Initiative, data assessment & statistics, agrichemical effects (pesticides & fertilizer Best Management Practices), technical support

Nonpoint Source Management 850-245-7508
Federal 319 grant coordination; stormwater and nonpoint source technical assistance

Restoration Planning and Permitting 850-245-8449
Permitting of restoration projects for the Everglades (under CERPRA and the EFA), Lake Okeechobee and other South Florida areas

Watershed Data Services 850-245-8556
Responsible for helping monitoring entities and DEP staff input data into STORET and the DEP database. Provides GIS support

Watershed Evaluation & TMDL 850-245-8449
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), Water Quality Based Effluent Limitations (WQBEL)

Watershed Planning & Coordination 850-245-7508
Watershed/basin management planning activities associated with TMDL implementation