Fla. Stat. 403.135
Persons who accept wastewater for spray irrigation; civil liability

(1)

Any person who in good faith accepts from any owner or operator of a permitted wastewater treatment or disposal plant any wastewater permitted and intended to be used for disposal through spray irrigation is not liable for any civil damages as a result of the acceptance and disposal of such wastewater through approved spray irrigation practices.

(2)

Subsection (1) does not limit or otherwise affect the liability of:Any person for damages resulting from such person’s negligence, gross negligence, or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct;Any person for the improper management and use of the wastewater after its delivery to such person by any permitted wastewater treatment or disposal plant owner or operator; orThe owner or operator of the plant for damages caused as a result of the spray irrigation.

(a)

Any person for damages resulting from such person’s negligence, gross negligence, or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct;

(b)

Any person for the improper management and use of the wastewater after its delivery to such person by any permitted wastewater treatment or disposal plant owner or operator; or

(c)

The owner or operator of the plant for damages caused as a result of the spray irrigation.

(3)

Nothing in this section shall prohibit any governmental entity from taking such action within its jurisdiction as may be necessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare or the environment.

(4)

Terms used in this section have the meaning specified in this chapter and in the rules of the department under this chapter.

Source: Section 403.135 — Persons who accept wastewater for spray irrigation; civil liability, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0403.­135 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

403.011
Short title 403.021
Legislative declaration 403.031
Definitions 403.051
Meetings 403.061
Department 403.062
Pollution control 403.063
Groundwater quality monitoring 403.064
Reuse of reclaimed water 403.067
Establishment and implementation of total maximum daily loads 403.072
Pollution Prevention Act 403.073
Pollution prevention 403.074
Technical assistance by the department 403.075
Legislative findings 403.076
Short title 403.077
Public notification of pollution 403.078
Effect on other law 403.081
Performance by other state agencies 403.085
Sanitary sewage disposal units 403.086
Sewage disposal facilities 403.087
Permits 403.088
Water pollution operation permits 403.091
Inspections 403.092
Package sewage treatment facilities 403.111
Confidential records 403.121
Enforcement 403.131
Injunctive relief, remedies 403.135
Persons who accept wastewater for spray irrigation 403.141
Civil liability 403.151
Compliance with rules or orders of department 403.161
Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intent 403.182
Local pollution control programs 403.191
Construction in relation to other law 403.201
Variances 403.231
Department of Legal Affairs to represent the state 403.251
Safety clause 403.281
Definitions 403.291
Purpose of weather modification law 403.301
Artificial weather modification operation 403.311
Application for weather modification licensing 403.321
Proof of financial responsibility 403.331
Issuance of license 403.341
Filing and publication of notice of intention to operate 403.351
Contents of notice of intention 403.361
Publication of notice of intention 403.371
Proof of publication 403.381
Record and reports of operations 403.391
Emergency licenses 403.401
Suspension or revocation of license 403.411
Penalty 403.412
Environmental Protection Act 403.413
Florida Litter Law 403.414
Environmental award program 403.415
Motor vehicle noise 403.0611
Alternative methods of regulatory permitting 403.0615
Water resources restoration and preservation 403.0616
Real-time water quality monitoring program 403.0617
Innovative nutrient and sediment reduction and conservation pilot project program 403.0623
Environmental data 403.0625
Environmental laboratory certification 403.0643
Applicability of rules when reclaimed water is injected into specified receiving groundwater 403.0645
Reclaimed water use at state facilities 403.0671
Basin management action plan wastewater reports 403.0673
Water quality improvement grant program 403.0674
Biosolids grant program 403.0675
Progress reports 403.0741
Grease waste removal and disposal 403.0752
Ecosystem management agreements 403.0855
Biosolids management 403.0862
Discharge of waste from state groundwater cleanup operations to publicly owned treatment works 403.0871
Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund 403.0872
Operation permits for major sources of air pollution 403.0873
Florida Air-Operation License Fee Account 403.0874
Air Pollution Control Trust Fund 403.0875
Citation of rule 403.0876
Permits 403.0877
Certification by professionals regulated by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation 403.0881
Wastewater or reuse or disposal systems or water treatment works 403.0882
Discharge of demineralization concentrate 403.0885
Establishment of federally approved state National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program 403.0891
State, regional, and local stormwater management plans and programs 403.0893
Stormwater funding 403.0896
Training and assistance for stormwater management system personnel 403.1655
Environmental short-term emergency response program 403.1815
Construction of water distribution mains and sewage collection and transmission systems 403.1832
Grants and Donations Trust Fund 403.1834
State bonds to finance or refinance facilities 403.1835
Water pollution control financial assistance 403.1837
Florida Water Pollution Control Financing Corporation 403.1838
Small Community Sewer Construction Assistance Act 403.4131
Litter control 403.4132
Litter pickup and removal 403.4133
Adopt-a-Shore Program 403.4135
Litter receptacles 403.4151
Exempt motor vehicles 403.4153
Federal preemption 403.4154
Phosphogypsum management program 403.4155
Phosphogypsum management 403.08601
Leah Schad Memorial Ocean Outfall Program 403.08735
Air emissions trading 403.08852
Clarification of requirements under rule 62-302.520(2), F.A.C 403.41315
Comprehensive illegal dumping, litter, and marine debris control and prevention

Current through Fall 2025

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