Ecosummaries are meant to be short overviews of the water
quality conditions within individual waters in Southeast Florida. As new waters are
evaluated and Ecosummaries are prepared, they will be posted on this page. Each of these
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Florida's Water Story
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Use these links for
specific counties of interest:
Broward County
East
Holloway Canal, 2000
(164k)
Pompano
Canal, 2000 (192k)
Water
Conservation Area 3B, 1999
(167k)
Okeechobee County
Chandler
Hammock Slough, Evidence of Impairment,
August 1, 2002
(184k)
Henry
Creek, Evidence of Impairment, August 1, 2002
(197k)
Lettuce
Creek, Evidence
of Impairment, August 1, 2002
(198k)
Taylor
Creek, Evidence
of Impairment, August 1, 2002
(196k)
Oak
Creek, 2000
(320k)
Chandler
Hammock Slough, 1999
(243k)
Lake
Okeechobee, 1999
(571k)
Lettuce
Creek, 1999
(135k)
Mosquito
Creek, 1999
(174k)
Myrtle
Slough, 1999
(119k)
SFWMD
Pump Station S-135, 1999
(131k)
SFWMD
S-65 Lock and Spillway, 1999
(165k)
Martin County
C-44 Canal, 2001
(280k)
Danforth Creek, 2000
(272k)
St. Lucie River Eco update #3, 2000
(355k)
Bessey Creek, 1999
(219k)
St. Lucie River Eco update #1, 1999
(363k)
St. Lucie River Eco update #2, 1999
(379k)
North Fork Loxahatchee River, 1997
(485k)
South Fork St. Lucie River, 1997
(316k)
Northwest Fork Loxahatchee River, 1996
(168k)
Loxahatchee River Watershed,
2006 (327k)
Miami-Dade County
Estimating 2050 STA Sizes - Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project,
2006 (456 K)
Evaluation of Stormwater - Induced Nutrient Gradient in Biscayne
Bay, 2005 (365K)
Estimating 2050 STA Sizes Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, 2004
(322K)
Evaluation of Stormwater-Induced Nutrient Gradient in Biscayne Bay,
2005 (364K)
Using
Macroinvertebrates to Document the Effects of a Stormwater-Induced
Nutrient Gradient on a Sub-Tropical Estuary, Biscayne Bay, Florida,
USA.
2004 (686 K)
C-111
Canal, 2003 (307K)
C-6 Canal, 2002
(136K)
Miami River,
2002 (223K)
Biscayne
Bay (401K)
Palm Beach County
Grassy Waters Preserve / Summary of Water Quality Monitoring /
January 2004 - March 2005
(691 KB)
Grassy Waters Preserve/City of West Palm Beach
Water Catchment Area
(180k)
North
New River Canal, 2000
(174k)
South
Bay, 2000
(266k)
Closter
Farms 715, 1999
(132k)
East
Beach WCD, 1999
(167k)
Knights
Farm Fields 1 and 3, 1999
(162k)
L-8
Canal, 1999 (137k)
M
Canal, 1999
(170k)
SFWMD
Pump Station S3, 1999
(138k)
Water
Conservation Area 1N, 1999
(129k)
Water
Conservation Area 2A, 1999
(336k)
West
Palm Beach Canal, 1999
(203k)
Lake
Worth Lagoon, 1998
(1.5m)
Northwest Fork Loxahatchee River, 1996
(168k)
Lake Worth Lagoon, 2006
(155k)
St. Lucie County
C23
Canal, 2000 (333k)
C24
Canal, 2000 (378k)
Fort
Pierce Farms Water Control District Canal #1, 2000
(293k)
C25 Canal, 1998
(159k)
North
Fork St. Lucie River, 1998
(485k)
Savannas
State Reserve, 1997
(165k)
Technical
Publications
Stormwater Treatment
Areas: Experiences with Nitrate Removal, 2006 (319KB)
Estimating 2050 STA Sizes - Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project,
2006 (456 K)
Evaluation of Stormwater - Induced Nutrient Gradient in Biscayne
Bay, 2005 (365KB)
Using Macroinvertebrates to
Document the Effects of a Storm Water–Induced Nutrient Gradient on a
Subtropical Estuary, 2004 (622KB)
St.
Lucie River Estuary: Evidence of Impairment July, 2002
(1,945k)
A Comparison of Mercury in Estuarine Fish Between Florida Bay and the
Indian River Lagoon, Florida USA, August 2001
(221k)
Comprehensive South Florida Water Quality Monitoring Plan, 2002
(4
m)
Degradability of Sediments
from the St. Lucie Estuary, 2001
(394k)
Estimation
of Contribution of Total Phosphorus from Selected Landuses to
Observed Concentrations in Tributaries to a Coastal Lagoon: Indian
River Lagoon, Florida, USA. 2001 (1,289KB)
Oligohaline
Disturbance in the South Fork of the St. Lucie Estuary During Severe
Drought Conditions, February 2001
(167k)
Biological
Implications of Stable Salinity Gradients within the Context of the
St. Lucie Estuary, Florida, 2000
(1.339m)
Savannas
State Preserve, 1998 (365k)
Stormwater Impact on the Savannas State Reserves (394k)
A
Comparison of Mercury in Estuarine Fish: Florida Bay and
Indian River Lagoon, 1995 (378k)
Pesticide
Contamination in Ten Mile Creek, 1995 (1.2m)
Bessey
Creek and the Greater St. Lucie Estuary, 1992
(1.5m)
Evidence of Impairment: C-25 Canal (WBID 3163B) per Florida's
Impaired Waters Rule 62-303.330 (4)
(563KB)
Evidence of Impairment: C-44 Canal (St. Lucie Canal) per Florida's
Impaired Waters Rule 62-303.330 (4)
(357KB)
Evidence of Impairment: Fort Pierce Farms C-1 Canal (WBID 3163)
per Florida's Impaired Waters Rule 62-303.330 (4)
(666KB)
Water Quality
Characteristics of Stormwater from Major Land Uses in South Florida,
2004 (400KB)
Water
Quality and Ecosummaries
2012 State of Florida