Water Quality Monitoring Report. Tom Ash Assistant Director Water Management Division October 16, PDF Free Download

Water Quality Monitoring Report Tom Ash Assistant Director Water Management Division October 16, 2014

basic to any approach toward protections of the aquatic environment in the Tampa Bay area would be a determination of the ambient water quality levels throughout the bay and its tributaries. Toward this end, we initiated in January 1972 a comprehensive sampling network to establish baseline data and to determine trends in future years in the quality of these waters. We trust that this first year s data will receive wide use and we feel certain that its value will be enhanced as we publish comparable data in subsequent years.

Chapter 84-446, Laws of Florida (as amended) Establishing, operating, and maintaining a continuous program for monitoring air, water and noise pollution by means of countywide air and water quality surveillance networks designed to provide accurate data and information as to whether the requirements of this act are being complied with and whether the level of air, water and noise pollution is increasing or decreasing throughout the county. Publication and dissemination of information to the public concerning air, and water and noise pollution. To intervene for the purpose of providing environmental impact statements, recommendations, and advice in matters having or likely to have an effect upon the environment of Hillsborough County.

EPC Water Monitoring Network 1972-73: 53 Monthly Bay Stations 20 Monthly Tributary Stations 876 Sampling Events / Year 40 Total Analytes

EPC Water Monitoring Network 2014: 121 Monthly Stations 80 Quarterly Stations 53 Monthly Profile Stations 2 Fixed Continuous Recorders 3 Monthly PLE Stations 259 Total Stations >2500 Sampling Events / Year >120 Total Analytes

Water Quality Parameters: Chlorophyll Dissolved Oxygen Calcium* Bacteria Water Temperature Chromium* Nitrogen Color Cadmium* Phosphorus Secchi Depth Copper* Silica* Turbidity Iron* ph Plankton counts Lead* Salinity Total Dissolved Solids* Magnesium* Conductivity Arsenic* Potassium* Total Organic Carbon Fluoride* Sodium* Sulfates* Chloride* *measured at select sites only

Tampa Bay 1974-2014 Water Quality Index: Chl a Turbidity Dissolved Oxygen Total Nitrogen Total Phosphorus Water Clarity Bacteria Dashed line: 40 yr. historical avg. >80 = Very Good Consistently above avg. since 1994 Water Quality Index 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Year

Bay Segment Report Card Year HB OTB MTB LTB Bay WQI Wide Grade 1974 0.54 0.62 0.61 0.58 0.59 C 1975 0.53 0.54 0.62 0.64 0.58 C 1976 0.50 0.50 0.61 0.60 0.55 C 1977 0.48 0.50 0.55 0.58 0.53 C 1978 0.45 0.57 0.51 0.58 0.53 C 1979 0.45 0.49 0.52 0.56 0.50 C 1980 0.52 0.48 0.48 0.52 0.50 C 1981 0.42 0.54 0.56 0.61 0.53 C 1982 0.49 0.55 0.54 0.63 0.55 C 1983 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.54 0.50 C 1984 0.56 0.45 0.56 0.65 0.54 C 1985 0.50 0.57 0.56 0.67 0.57 C 1986 0.61 0.60 0.70 0.74 0.66 B 1987 0.59 0.51 0.60 0.69 0.59 C 1988 0.63 0.65 0.70 0.69 0.67 B 1989 0.61 0.54 0.59 0.59 0.58 C 1990 0.68 0.55 0.63 0.64 0.62 B 1991 0.67 0.64 0.69 0.68 0.67 B 1992 0.74 0.68 0.73 0.68 0.71 B 1993 0.81 0.67 0.75 0.69 0.72 B 1994 0.67 0.65 0.64 0.54 0.63 B 1995 0.70 0.67 0.68 0.61 0.67 B 1996 0.82 0.72 0.81 0.76 0.77 B 1997 0.81 0.71 0.72 0.64 0.72 B 1998 0.63 0.63 0.54 0.48 0.58 C 1999 0.86 0.75 0.79 0.67 0.77 B 2000 0.83 0.77 0.75 0.60 0.74 B 2001 0.83 0.69 0.74 0.69 0.73 B 2002 0.83 0.73 0.83 0.71 0.77 B 2003 0.79 0.71 0.81 0.72 0.75 B 2004 0.85 0.76 0.86 0.74 0.80 B 2005 0.86 0.82 0.85 0.78 0.83 A 2006 0.91 0.90 0.93 0.85 0.90 A 2007 0.90 0.82 0.87 0.87 0.86 A 2008 0.87 0.86 0.89 0.83 0.86 A 2009 0.86 0.81 0.87 0.85 0.84 A 2010 0.89 0.80 0.88 0.80 0.84 A Dark Green = A (0.80 1.00); Light Green = B (0.60 0.80); Yellow = C (0.40 0.60); Orange = D (0.20 0.40); Red = F ( 0.20)

Tributary Report Card Year Alafia Alafia River Hillsborough Bay Hillsborough Hillsborough River Lake Lake Thonotosassa Little Manatee Old Tampa Bay Palm Tampa Bypass Tampa Bypass Canal Grand River Tributary Tributary River Tributary Thonotosassa Tributary River Tributary River Canal Tributary Total 1974 0.69 0.35 0.66 0.49 0.63 0.72 0.37 0.47 0.58 1975 0.70 0.36 0.64 0.54 0.68 0.75 0.41 0.48 0.59 1976 0.65 0.61 0.61 0.71 0.70 0.56 0.72 0.78 0.42 0.49 0.63 1977 0.66 0.47 0.61 0.73 0.79 0.65 0.70 0.71 0.45 0.39 0.62 1978 0.63 0.29 0.62 0.75 0.50 0.57 0.77 0.45 0.53 0.60 1979 0.58 0.32 0.57 0.71 0.76 0.47 0.47 0.71 0.46 0.54 0.58 1980 0.65 0.24 0.59 0.68 0.74 0.42 0.39 0.73 0.39 0.43 0.56 1981 0.60 0.30 0.53 0.66 0.75 0.36 0.35 0.67 0.44 0.45 0.54 1982 0.64 0.21 0.52 0.70 0.78 0.37 0.52 0.65 0.42 0.38 0.55 1983 0.57 0.22 0.44 0.72 0.79 0.35 0.41 0.67 0.37 0.42 0.53 1984 0.67 0.34 0.42 0.76 0.76 0.45 0.44 0.71 0.39 0.52 0.58 1985 0.64 0.35 0.48 0.72 0.80 0.46 0.58 0.75 0.42 0.53 0.59 1986 0.69 0.33 0.58 0.80 0.81 0.32 0.38 0.75 0.40 0.47 0.60 1987 0.58 0.31 0.46 0.76 0.78 0.33 0.62 0.63 0.36 0.41 0.54 1988 0.55 0.36 0.48 0.72 0.63 0.35 0.62 0.72 0.47 0.42 0.55 1989 0.58 0.32 0.38 0.73 0.61 0.31 0.56 0.71 0.53 0.40 0.68 0.56 1990 0.65 0.33 0.45 0.76 0.51 0.33 0.61 0.68 0.55 0.50 0.72 0.59 1991 0.57 0.52 0.37 0.67 0.45 0.26 0.65 0.66 0.54 0.51 0.65 0.54 1992 0.63 0.54 0.45 0.76 0.51 0.25 0.57 0.62 0.51 0.52 0.63 0.56 1993 0.73 0.64 0.49 0.81 0.65 0.37 0.74 0.76 0.60 0.64 0.75 0.66 1994 0.69 0.49 0.47 0.72 0.56 0.44 0.67 0.63 0.53 0.50 0.64 0.59 1995 0.74 0.59 0.52 0.78 0.65 0.43 0.82 0.70 0.56 0.63 0.68 0.66 1996 0.76 0.66 0.70 0.83 0.70 0.36 0.83 0.74 0.61 0.53 0.68 0.70 1997 0.72 0.62 0.61 0.81 0.64 0.35 0.73 0.75 0.62 0.61 0.70 0.67 1998 0.67 0.58 0.62 0.81 0.67 0.41 0.73 0.73 0.65 0.62 0.77 0.67 1999 0.74 0.67 0.65 0.85 0.70 0.38 0.75 0.82 0.72 0.75 0.74 0.72 2000 0.68 0.62 0.65 0.72 0.59 0.35 0.70 0.87 0.59 0.70 0.70 0.66 2001 0.70 0.55 0.69 0.70 0.58 0.38 0.61 0.79 0.60 0.67 0.64 0.65 2002 0.64 0.53 0.66 0.78 0.58 0.39 0.71 0.75 0.60 0.67 0.69 0.65 2003 0.68 0.62 0.57 0.77 0.65 0.37 0.61 0.76 0.60 0.74 0.74 0.66 2004 0.62 0.62 0.57 0.75 0.64 0.30 0.58 0.70 0.65 0.65 0.73 0.64 2005 0.72 0.67 0.76 0.84 0.73 0.40 0.70 0.79 0.70 0.76 0.83 0.73 2006 0.67 0.67 0.68 0.85 0.68 0.42 0.68 0.76 0.70 0.67 0.72 0.61 0.70 2007 0.75 0.68 0.73 0.83 0.66 0.38 0.72 0.82 0.70 0.76 0.69 0.65 0.72 2008 0.71 0.66 0.72 0.85 0.71 0.43 0.71 0.79 0.69 0.72 0.65 0.60 0.71 2009 0.66 0.63 0.69 0.82 0.76 0.42 0.73 0.83 0.69 0.74 0.65 0.68 0.71 2010 0.66 0.66 0.73 0.84 0.76 0.45 0.77 0.82 0.76 0.79 0.74 0.73 0.74 Dark Green = A (0.80 1.00); Light Green = B (0.60 0.80); Yellow = C (0.40 0.60); Orange = D (0.20 0.40); Red = F ( 0.20)

Biological Response: Baywide Goal = 38,000 acres Current Level = 34,642 acres (91% of restoration goal) Largest percentage increase was Hillsborough Bay (72%) The most since the 1950 s

Benthic Monitoring: Species Richness Tampa Bay 1993-2012 Benthic Index Tampa Bay 1993-2012 Number of Taxa 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Tampa Bay Benthic Index 100 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 Healthy > 87 Poor <73 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 0 60 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year

Challenges Remain: Pyrodinium bahamense

Florida Watershed Restoration Act Chapter 99-223, F.S. Impaired Water Rule Chapter 62-303, F.A.C. Basic IWR Approach Sampling (Planning List; Implementation Tracking) Impaired Waters Assessment Verification (Impairment vs. Delisting) TMDL Developed / Revised Listing Categories: Verified Impaired De-list Study List* * When the causative pollutant is not determined BMAP or Alternative Approach Developed & Implemented

Drainage WBID Waterbody Class Impairments Alafia River 1583 Poley Creek* III (F) Fecal Coliform Alafia River 1592C Mustang Ranch Creek III (F) DO; Fecal Coliform; Nutrients (Chl a) Alafia River 1610 Mined Area* III (F) Nutrients (Chl a) Alafia River 1621A Alafia River (above Hillsborough Bay) III (F) Fecal Coliform Alafia River 1621E Alafia River (North Prong)* III (F) Nutrients (Chl a); Un-ionized Ammonia Alafia River 1621F Lithia Springs III (F) DO Alafia River 1621G Alafia River (above Hillsborough Bay) III (M) Hg (fish consumption advisory) Alafia River 1635 Buckhorn Spring III (F) Fecal Coliform Alafia River 1653 Alafia River (South Prong) III (F) DO Alafia River 1673 Hooker's Prairie III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1402 Cypress Creek III (F) DO; Fecal Coliform; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1440E Cypress Creek North** III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1442 New River** III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1443A Hillsborough River** III (F) Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1443B Hillsborough River I DO Hillsborough River 1443E Hillsborough River Reservoir I Nutrients (TSI) Hillsborough River 1451G King Lake III (F) Nutrients (TSI) Hillsborough River 1451W Saxon Lake** III (F) Nutrients (TSI) Hillsborough River 1455 Trout Creek III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1462A Crystal Springs** III (F) DO Hillsborough River 1469 Big Ditch III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1483 Channelized Stream* III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1489 Two Hole Branch* III (F) Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1495A Itchepackasassa Creek* III (F) Fecal Coliform Hillsborough River 1495B Itchepackasassa Creek* III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a) Hillsborough River 1518 East Canal III (F) DO; Nutrients (Chl a)

Management & Policy: Desal RESTORE Act MFLs TMDLs Designated Use Classification BMAPs NNC Seagrass HBMP Tidal Tributaries HABs NPDES MS4 Downstream Augmentation Dredge Holes Impaired Waters Remote Sensing CCMP Climate Adaptation Water Supply Sea Level Rise Sediment Toxicity Nitrogen Management

Return on Investment: Local and Regional Planning Resource Management & Policy EPC Monitoring & Analysis Long-term Scientific Research Economic Sustainability Citizens & Quality of Life

Economic Sustainability 99.97% of employment and population for Hillsborough County lies within the Tampa Bay watershed (6 county region) More than 2.3 million people live in the three counties bordering Tampa Bay Nearly 5 million visitors/year to bay and surrounding beaches 1 in 5 Jobs in the watershed are dependent on a healthy bay $170B GDP for 6 county watershed $22B dependent on a healthy bay Source: E c o n o m i c V a l u a t i o n o f T a m p a B a y E s t u a r y T a m p a B a y R e g i o n a l P l a n n i n g C o u n c i l June 2014

Source: E c o n o m i c V a l u a t i o n o f T a m p a B a y E s t u a r y T a m p a B a y R e g i o n a l P l a n n i n g C o u n c i l June 2014

Return on Investment: Local and Regional Planning Resource Management & Policy EPC Monitoring & Analysis Long-term Scientific Research Economic Sustainability Citizens & Quality of Life

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Water Quality Monitoring Report. Tom Ash Assistant Director Water Management Division October 16, 2014