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

B063
USGS Peace River 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 Peace River Basin's surface water monitoring network, and is jointly
funded by the Peace River 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 39 sites in the Peace River Basin for a
cost of $434,900. These sites are: Tiger Creek near Babson Park, Livingston Creek near Frostproof, Carter Creek
near Sebring, Josephine Creek near DeSoto City, Peace Creek Drainage Canal near Wahneta, Saddle Creek at SH
542 near Lakeland, Lake Parker Outlet near Lakeland, Saddle Creek at Structure P11 near Bartow, Peace River at
Bartow, Peace River at Ft Meade, Whidden Creek near Ft. Meade, Bowlegs Creek near Ft. Meade, Payne Creek near
Bowling Green, Thompson Branch near Wauchula, Peace River at Zolfo Springs, Charlie Creek near Gardner, Peace
River at Arcadia, Hawthorne Creek at 760A near Nocatee, Joshua Creek at Nocatee, Horse Creek near Myakka
Head, Horse Creek at SR 665 near Limestone, Horse Creek near Arcadia, Horse Creek near Nocatee, Prairie Creek
near Fort Ogden, Shell Creek near Punta Gorda, Prairie Creek at Washington Loop Road, Shell Creek at Washington
Loop Road, Peace Creek near Bartow, Peace River near Bartow, Six Mile Creek near Clear Springs, Barber Branch
near Homeland, Peace River at Clear Springs, Peace River near Homeland, Phosphate Mine Outfall CS-8 near
Bartow, and Charlie Creek near Crewsville. In FY2009, no changes were made to the data collection program in the
Peace River Basin. The increase in FY2009 reflects an annual adjustment to pricing by the USGS. In FY2010,
funding for this program will be transferred from the Peace River Basin Board to the Governing Board, and will be
funded under the project code Z661.
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