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

W554
(Completed) Report and Summary Analysis of Water Quality
Conditions for Peace and Myakka rivers
Project Type SWIM
AOR(s)
Water Quality
Basin(s) Peace River, Manasota
Cooperator(s)
Project Manager KAUFMAN, KRIS
Task Manager(s)
Status Completed
Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center
Description
This SWIM cooperative funding project will create a water quality summary report for the Peace and Myakka river
systems. The project is needed to compile data from multiple inter-agency monitoring efforts into a single
comprehensive water quality summary and analysis. Results of this report can be incorporated into ongoing resource
management efforts in the Peace River, Myakka River, and Charlotte Harbor. The project scope contains the following
elements: 1) summaries and statistical analyses of water quality data collected for water year (WY) 2005 in the Peace
and Myakka basins, 2) estimated loads and yields for WY2002 through WY2005, and 3) an integrative analysis of
trends in surface water quality for WY2002 through WY2005. Water years are 12 month periods, starting October 1st
and ending September 30th of the following year, during which a complete annual hydrologic cycle occurs.
Benefits
The information provided by this report will be used by District staff, the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program,
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the public for assessing the health of these systems. The
reports will assist in resource management decision making and will guide future restoration efforts.
Costs
The total project cost is $30,000 with CHEC contributing $15,000. The District's share is $15,000. The Peace River
Basin is funding $3,750, the Manasota Basin is funding $3,750, and State SWIM is funding the remaining $7,500.
District funds shown in the table include staff salaries.
Additional Information
Charlotte Harbor is generally viewed as one of the most productive estuarine systems in Southwest Florida. Although
it is appropriately considered a healthy system, problems exist in the areas of hydrologic alterations, water quality
degradation, and habitat loss. The SWIM Plan for Charlotte Harbor focus on management strategies for the Peace
and Myakka Rivers, in addition to Charlotte Harbor proper, to reduce point and non-point source pollution and to
preserve and restore habitat. The objectives of this project are consistent with these strategies. The District began
water quality monitoring projects along the Peace and Myakka Rivers in 2000 (See W527 & W528). Since 2001, the
District has also supported sampling in the tidal portions of the Peace and Myakka Rivers by the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) (See W521). The proposed project will follow the example of previous
publications created by the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center (CHEC), e.g., the 2002 publication, titled, "Water
Quality Conditions and Pollutant Loads and Yields in the Peace and Myakka River Basins," which featured data from
WY2001.
Prior
FY 2009 FY2010
Funding Funding Funding
District Budgeted - Ad Valorem Based
Revenue
020 Peace River Basin 5,486 362
0
0 5,848
021 Manasota Basin 5,487 361
0
0 5,848
District Budgeted - Outside Revenue
State Trust Funds (SWIM) 10,971 723
0
0 11,694
Project Funds Not Budgeted by the
District
Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center 15,000 0
0
0 15,000
020 - Peace River Basin 57
Total:
Future
Funding
Total
Funding
$38,390