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Research Review and Advisory Committee

Contact the Research Team

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    Fax

    850-487-0864
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    Mailing Address

    Bureau of Environmental Health 

    Water and Onsite Programs 

    4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-08 

    Tallahassee, FL 32399-1710 

If you would like to receive electronic mail updates about research on Florida's onsite sewage systems and the activities of the Research Review and Advisory Committee, please contact the Onsite Sewage Programs' Tallahassee Office.

Research Priorities (72 kb pdf)

Research Reports

Nitrogen Reduction Strategies Study

Department of Health Wekiva Information

Research Review and Advisory Committee Members (31 kb pdf)

The next RRAC meeting will be:

Date and Time: December 12, 2017, 1:00 p.m. EST

Location: Florida Department of Health Southwood Complex

     4025 Esplanade Way, Conference Room 130L

     Tallahassee, FL 32399

Or: Via conference call / web conference

     Toll free call-in number: 1-888-670-3525

     Conference pass code: 8605907413

     Website: Adobe Connect

Recent Meeting Information

Unless otherwise noted, all links are in Portable Document Format (PDF) and are less than 5 MB in size and open in a new window.

a. December 12, 2017
    Presentation
    Agenda
    Meeting Minutes from October 20, 2017
    Proposed Research Projects
    Florida Department of Environmental Protection presentation on Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund
    Florida Department of Environmental Protection presentation on nonpoint source grants
    Presentation on Florida Water Environment Assocation Utility Council's Septic Connection Guidance

b. October 20, 2017
    Presentation
    Agenda
    Meeting Minutes from October 21, 2016 meeting
     Presentation from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

    Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Apopka Liner System
    --Construction Summary
    --First Quarterly Monitoring Report
    --Second Quarterly Monitoring Report
    --Third Quarterly Monitoring Report

c. October 21, 2016
    Presentation
    Agenda
     Research and Engineering Snapshot
     Draft Minutes from December 10, 2015 meeting
     Final Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction Strategies Study Report
     Florida Water Management Inventory Snapshot
     Florida Water Management Inventory Draft Final Report

d. December 10, 2015
    Approved Minutes from December 10, 2015 meeting
    Presentation
     Agenda
    Draft minutes from October 6, 2015 meeting
     Draft Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction Strategies Study Final Report
     

e. October 6, 2015
    Agenda pdf
     Approved Minutes from October 6, 2015 meeting pdf
     Task B final technology report pdf
     Appendices for Task B final technology report pdf
     Draft Implementation Plan pdf
     Florida Water Management Inventory Status Update – Sept 15 pdf
     Presentation pdf
     Task B Draft Final Report Comment Responses pdf
     Draft Table of Contents for Final Nitrogen Study Report pdf

f. July 28, 2015
    Agenda pdf
     Approved Minutes from July 28, 2015 Meeting pdf
     Task B Final Technology Report pdf
     Life cycle cost assessment tool xls
    Life cycle cost assessment user guide pdf
     Task D planning level tool xlsm
     User guide task D pdf
     Meeting Presentation pdf
     Presentation by Hazen and Sawyer on Nitrogen Study pdf

g. March 19, 2015
   Approved Meeting Minutes pdf
    Meeting Presentation pdf
    Agenda pdf     

h. March 3, 2015
    Approved Meeting Minutes
     Meeting Presentation
     Agenda
     Nitrogen Tasks in New Purchase Order
     Nitrogen Tasks Not Included in New Purchase Order
    Research Program Update Except - Sept 25, 2014 TRAP Minutes

i. February 26, 2014
    Approved Meeting Minutes
     Meeting Presentation
    February 2014 Nitrogen Study Progress Report
     Description of Passive System Installations

Historical Meeting Information

Unless otherwise noted, all links are in Portable Document Format (PDF) and are less than 5 MB in size and open in a new window.

*Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Adobe Reader may be required to view these files.  Some of the PDF files are zipped to make them faster to download. You may need WinZip to decompress them prior to reading them.

Hardcopies of the above files can also be obtained by contacting the Onsite Sewage Program's Tallahassee office.