Organization of the Drinking Water Program

The Drinking Water Section located in the DEP headquarters in Tallahassee is responsible for writing rules, developing policy, managing funds, providing training and data management, and managing special initiatives. Enforcement of rules and permitting new construction is handled by six district offices.

In several Florida counties, the department has delegated enforcement and permitting authority to local approved county health departments. Laboratory certification is the responsibility of the Florida Department of Health's laboratory in Jacksonville.

DEP Tallahassee Office

• Call us at 850-245-8624
• Fax us at 850-245-8356
• Write us at 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3520, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400

Contact information for each of the department's six district offices:

• Northwest District: 160 West Government Street, Suite 308, Pensacola, FL 32502-5794 - Phone 850-595-8300
• Northeast District: 8800 Baymeadows Way West, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256-7590 - Phone 904-256-1700
• Central District: 3319 Maguire Boulevard, Suite 232, Orlando, FL 32803-3767 - Phone 407-897-4100
• Southeast District: 3301 Gun Club Road MSC 7210-1, West Palm Beach, FL 33406 - Phone 561-681-6600
• South District: 2295 Victoria Avenue, Suite 364, Fort Myers, FL 33901-3875 - Phone 239-344-5600
• Southwest District: 13051 N. Telecom Parkway, Temple Terrace, FL 33637-0926 - Phone 813-470-5700

Florida Department of Health's Approved County Health Departments

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has delegated the Drinking Water Program to county health departments in six Florida counties.

Contact Information for those county health departments: (The following links will open in a new browser window.)

• DOH Miami-Dade County: 1725 N.W. 167th St., Miami, FL 33056 - Phone 305-623-3500
• DOH Hillsborough County: 1105 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33602 - Phone 813-307-8059
• DOH Sarasota County: 1001 Sarasota Center Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34240 - Phone 941-861-6133
• DOH Palm Beach County: 800 Clematis St., West Palm Beach, FL 33402 - Phone 561-837-5900
• DOH Polk County: 2090 E. Clower St., Bartow, FL 33830 - Phone 863-519-8330
• DOH Volusia County: 121 W. Rich Ave., DeLand, FL 32720 - Phone 386-822-6250, ext. 5436