Fla. Stat. § 403.062: Pollution control; underground, surface, and coastal waters.

The department and its agents shall have general control and supervision over underground water, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, ditches, and coastal waters under the jurisdiction of the state insofar as their pollution may affect the public health or impair the interest of the public or persons lawfully using them.

History.—s. 2, ch. 29834, 1955; ss. 26, 35, ch. 69-106.