Florida SB 1468: Advanced Wastewater Treatment

Bill Text

1468 
Advanced Wastewater Treatment 
2026-01-08T09:21:19Z 
Requiring certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; requiring the department, in consultation with water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, and to post such reports on its website, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1468 

 By Senator Berman 

 26-00099C-26 20261468__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment; 
 3 providing legislative findings; requiring certain 
 4 sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports 
 5 to the Department of Environmental Protection 
 6 beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; 
 7 requiring the department, in consultation with water 
 8 management districts and sewage disposal facilities, 
 9 to submit specified reports to the Governor and 
 10 Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually 
 11 thereafter, and to post such reports on its website; 
 12 providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. (1) The Legislature finds that the discharge of 
 17 inadequately treated wastewater and aging sewage disposal 
 18 facilities compromise the quality of the environment, including 
 19 freshwater, brackish water, and nearshore and offshore salt 
 20 waters, and threatens the quality of life and local economies in 
 21 this state that depend on those resources. The Legislature 
 22 further finds that requiring advanced wastewater treatment or 
 23 better at all sewage disposal facilities with a permitted 
 24 capacity of greater than 1 million gallons per day in this state 
 25 is a necessary long-term investment that will fundamentally 
 26 improve wastewater treatment. 
 27 (2) By July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, sewage 
 28 disposal facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than 1 
 29 million gallons per day in this state shall report to the 
 30 Department of Environmental Protection all of the following: 
 31 (a) Year of construction for the facility and any 
 32 maintenance or upgrades. 
 33 (b) Total permitted volume of water treated daily. 
 34 (c) Actual permitted volume of water treated daily, 
 35 including the most recent 1-year and 5-year averages. 
 36 (d) Current level of treatment, including concentrations 
 37 for each of the following: 
 38 1. Biochemical oxygen demand. 
 39 2. Suspended solids. 
 40 3. Total nitrogen. 
 41 4. Total phosphorus. 
 42 5. Perfluorooctanoic acid. 
 43 6. Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. 
 44 7. Molybdenum. 
 45 8. Other contaminants of emerging concern as determined by 
 46 the department. 
 47 (e) Estimated total pollutant loading based on permitted 
 48 volume and concentrations. 
 49 (f) Disposal methods and the volume discharged to any 
 50 receiving waterbodies, if applicable, pursuant to s. 
 51 403.064(16), Florida Statutes. 
 52 (g) Total volume and concentration of any permitted and 
 53 nonpermitted wastewater spills since 2010. 
 54 (h) Elevation of the facility and supporting 
 55 infrastructure. 
 56 (i) Location within a floodplain, flood zone, or coastal 
 57 high-hazard area and, if applicable, the corresponding zone 
 58 number. 
 59 (3) In order to prioritize the upgrade of sewage disposal 
 60 facilities and investments in wastewater infrastructure, by 
 61 December 31, 2027, and annually thereafter, the department, in 
 62 consultation with the water management districts and sewage 
 63 disposal facilities, shall submit to the Governor, the President 
 64 of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a 
 65 report detailing all of the following for all sewage disposal 
 66 facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than 1 million 
 67 gallons per day in this state and post the annual report on its 
 68 website: 
 69 (a) Year of construction for the facility and any 
 70 maintenance or upgrades. 
 71 (b) Total permitted volume of water treated daily. 
 72 (c) Actual permitted volume of water treated daily, 
 73 including the most recent 1-year and 5-year averages. 
 74 (d) Current level of treatment, including concentrations 
 75 for each of the following: 
 76 1. Biochemical oxygen demand. 
 77 2. Suspended solids. 
 78 3. Total nitrogen. 
 79 4. Total phosphorus. 
 80 5. Perfluorooctanoic acid. 
 81 6. Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid. 
 82 7. Molybdenum. 
 83 8. Other contaminants of emerging concern as determined by 
 84 the department. 
 85 (e) Estimated total pollutant loading based on permitted 
 86 volume and concentrations. 
 87 (f) Disposal methods and the volume discharged to any 
 88 receiving waterbodies, if applicable, pursuant to s. 
 89 403.064(16), Florida S