FLORIDA S INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MONITORING NETWORK (IWRM) Cycle Gail M. Sloane. Watershed Monitoring and Data Management Section

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1 FLORIDA S INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MONITORING NETWORK (IWRM) Cycle Gail M. Sloane Watershed Monitoring and Data Management Section

2 Watershed Monitoring and Data Management Section Ellen McCarron, Section Administrator Watershed Monitoring Group (Gail Sloane) Geographic Information (Joe North) Data Management (Peg Bonyata -STORET) Integrated Monitoring / TMDL (Joe King) Biocriteria development oversight (Ellen)

3 EPA: Ten Elements for State Water- Quality Monitoring Programs Monitoring Program Strategy Monitoring Objectives Monitoring Design Core & Supplemental Indicators Quality Assurance Data Management /Review Data Analysis /Assessment Reporting Review of Program Support and Infrastructure

4 Objective Integrated Water Resource Monitoring Network (IWRM) To provide scientifically defensible, statewide and watershed (basin) information on important chemical, physical and pertinent biological characteristics, including sediments, from surface waters and major aquifer systems in Florida.

5 Integrated Water Resource Monitoring Network (IWRM) Status Network: Report on statewide and basin condition for surface and ground water. Trend Variability Network: Long term trend in surface and ground water at fixed stations. Design is status quo: Monitoring team examining results from first 4 years as per 9/03 workshop.

6 Status Monitoring Network Objectives: Characterize regional and statewide water resource conditions, using a rotating basin, multiyear probabilistic sampling approach; Determine percentage of each resource within each basin which meets standards or designated use (surface & ground water) using core and supplemental indicators.

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8 Status Monitoring Network New Cycle Design Changes: Site selection for rivers, streams and large and small lakes generated for all 5 years, in communication with WMDs, DEP and EPA Corvallis. Groundwater sites generated by EPA on an annual basis. All well selections are updated in the population from your input.

9 Freshwater Resource Types Rivers & Canals (Within line of salt ) Streams Large Lakes and reservoirs (> 10 hectares) Small Lakes (1-9.9 hectares) Confined Aquifers Unconfined Aquifers

10 Rivers and Streams Selection is based on 1:100,000 RNHD. Sometimes points do not fall on river or stream because of offset. Locate your sample on correct resource within reasonable threshold ~ 50 meters. A saltwater line was set using GIS methodology based on freshwater plant interface. Addition of Stream condition Index tool married two programs with differing objectives. Cannot use SCI in saltwater conditions. Will sample sites with higher conductivity for physicochemical (datasonde) measurements only.

11 Lakes: redefined population Small lakes (1-9.9 hectares). Does not include fake lakes Large (> 10 hectares). Natural lakes and Large impoundments

12 Status Network: Small Lakes Small lakes population: Small lakes should be natural features. Small lakes should NOT include: Borrow pits Stormwater treatment ponds Mining pits- reclaimed or otherwise Other permitted treatment sites: STAs Call if there is a question!

13 N = North Florida (NWFWMD, SRWMD), P = Peninsular Florida (Alachua County, SJRWMD, SWFWMD, SFWMD) Confined Aquifer Unconfined Aquifer Streams Rivers Small Lakes Large Lakes Month N P N P N P N P N P N P Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct ** Nov Dec Primary Index Period Overflow Index Period Dashed line indicates proposed Contract Period Start/Finish

14 Status Network: Cycle 2 Core and Supplemental Indicators: Surface Water Rivers and Streams: Stream Condition Index Large and Small Lakes: Sediments Bacti's: Enterococci Fecal Coliforms Small lakes: Floristic Quality Index with DEP biologists

15 Status Network: Cycle 2 Core and Supplemental Indicators: Ground Water Confined/ Unconfined Aquifers Expanded Groundwater Analytes Metals: Primary standards Bacti: Total and Fecal Coliforms NO FILTERING

16 INDICATOR LAKES (lg) LAKES (sm) STREAMS RIVERS AQUIFERS Status Network Cycle 2 Core and Supplemental Indicators Page 64 of Sampling manual Alkalinity T Ammonia T T T T T Calcium T Chloride T Color T T T T T Depth to Water (from LSE) X Dissolved Oxygen X X X X X Dissolved Solids T Fluoride T Kjeldahl Nitrogen T T T T T Land Surface Elevation (LSE) X Magnesium T Metals:Al,Ar,Cd,Cr,Cu,Fe,Pb,Mn,Zn T Microlanduse X Nitrate + Nitrite T T T T T Organic Carbon sediment sediment T ph X X X X X Potassium T Sample Depth X X X X Secchi Depth X X Sediment grab (metals,organics) X X Sodium T Specific Conductance & Salinity X X X X X Sulfate T Total Depth X X X X Total Phosphate T T T T T Turbidity T T T T T Water Temperature X X X X X Enterococci X X X X Fecal Coliform T T T T T Total Coliform T Chlorophyll-A T T T T Floristic Quality Index X Habitat Assessment & flow X X Phytoplankton / Algal ID T T Stream Condition Index (SCI) X X T total sample D filtered sample X other sample or measurement

17 Quality Assurance Sampling protocols taught twice annually, samplers required to attend course and pass exam. Shannon Gerardi Q/A Officer will hand out Sampling manuals/discuss changes in manual. Note addendums in handouts.

18 10-20 cm. Definition of Bottom Measurement: All Surface Water Resources total water depth Less than 10 cm Less than or equal to 1.5 meters Greater than 1.5 meter primary measurement - mid depth.5 meter below surface bottom measurement.1 meter (10 cm) -.1 meter.1 meter total measurement s samples collected No samples.1 m mid-depth.5 meter below surface

19 Support and Infrastructure Updated Internet application including updated Reconnaissance tools to help samplers. Adding original coverages for difficult location/resource determinations. Clarified exclusion criteria: Jay Silvanima will be presenting information, also in sampling manual GIS staff support: tracking and recording population coverages and spatial analysis at completion of sampling Data analysis and database support critical: foundation of network is based on information transfer.

20 Data Analysis and Reporting Responsible to: Public: Education, Information WMD/DEP partners EPA: 305 B/303D reporting

21 Status Monitoring Feedback Help support changes to Water Quality Standards. Help other programs estimate condition ie, exotic plants in small lakes, areas of state with high background levels of iron when considered a TMDL problem. Focus areas where there are overreaching issues, look for consensus using different resource types. Water Program evaluation performance.

22 What is the function of a statewide probabilistic network? 20-25% of waters were reported each year in 303(d) and 305(b) reports. What is the condition of the rest? Targeted sampling Probabilistic Network Probabilistic Monitoring Gives estimate of condition for 100% of the sampleable Statewide Water Resources

23 Status Monitoring Activities for a Basin Group 2004 Contract Execution

24 Status Monitoring Schedule (Phase 0) Overlaying Cycle 2 Basin Rotation Program Schedule Basin Group Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group Phase 0 Status Monitoring Phase 0 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 1 Status Monitoring Phase 0 Status Monitoring Phase 0 PHASE 3 PHASE 4 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 1 Status Monitoring Phase 0 Status Monitoring PHASE 5 PHASE 4 PHASE 3 PHASE 2 PHASE PHASE 1 PHASE 5 PHASE 4 PHASE 3 PHASE 2

25 305b Reporting & Cycle 2 of the Basin Rotation Program Basin Group Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group Phase 0 Status Monitoring PHASE 1 PHASE 2 Phase 0 PHASE Status Monitoring 1 Phase 0 Status Monitoring Phase 0 Status Monitoring PHASE 3 PHASE 2 PHASE Phase 0 Status Monitoring PHASE 4 PHASE 3 PHASE 2 PHASE PHASE 5 PHASE 4 PHASE 3 PHASE 2 PHASE PHASE 1 PHASE 5 PHASE 4 PHASE 3 PHASE 2 % coverage % 100% 100% at Cycle 1 end 100% at Cycle 2 end 60% 20%

26 Reports from Status Monitoring For a Rotating Basin Cycle

27 SJRWMD-D Small Lakes Fecal Coliform 13% 10% 77% <200 cfu cfu > 400 cfu N W E S

28 Low Moderate High Trophic State Index Small Lakes

29 Questions?

30 Gail M. Sloane Watershed Monitoring and Data Management Section Bureau of Watershed Management Division Of Watershed Resource Management Blair Stone Road Mail Station 3525 Tallahassee, Fl