MANASOTA & PEACE RIVER BBDs Meeting Notebook 10-21-09.docx

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USGS Manasota Basin Surface Water Flow, Level, and Water
Quality Data Collection
Project Type Basin Initiatives
AOR(s)
Water Supply, Flood Protection, Water Quality, Natural Systems
Basin(s) Alafia River, Hillsborough River, Northwest Hillsborough, Coastal Rivers, Pinellas-Anclote River,
Withlacoochee River, Peace River, Manasota
Cooperator(s)
United States Geological Survey
Project Manager KINSMAN, GRANVILLE
Task Manager(s)
Status Ongoing
Description
This initiative is to establish and maintain the Manasota Basin's surface water monitoring network, and is jointly funded
by the Manasota Basin Board and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Benefits
This project provides basic surface water stage, discharge and/or water quality data collection to support assessing
flooding events, developing surface water management plans, facilitating habitat restoration projects, establishment
and monitoring of minimum flows and levels (MFLs), establishment of total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), land
acquisition and management, and other critical water management activities.
Costs
In FY2009, surface water stage, discharge, and/or water quality is measured at 16 sites in the Manasota Basin for a
cost of $231,900. These sites are: Myakka River at Myakka City, Howard Creek near Sarasota, Myakka River near
Sarasota, South Fork Little Manatee River near Parrish, Gamble Creek near Parrish, Big Slough Canal near Myakka
City, and South Fork Little Manatee River near Duette. In FY2009, two flow monitoring sites (Myakka at Control near
Laurel and Cow Pen Slough near Bee Ridge) that were budgeted in FY2008 under Project H057 were added to this
project for long-term monitoring. The cost increase in FY2009 reflects addition of these two new monitoring sites and
an annual adjustment of pricing by the USGS. In FY2010, funding for this program will be transferred from the
Manasota Basin Board to the Governing Board, and will be funded under the project code Z661.
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