| LKR |
Lower Kissimmee BMP Program |
Cheol Mo |
WQM |
kmullen |
31-AUG-1987 |
30-JUL-2018 |
The Lower Kissimmee River Basin water quality monitoring program encompasses an area characterized by beef and intensive dairy cattle operations. Water quality monitoring stations have been established at locations throughout the Kissimmee River basin in Okeechobee and Highlands Counties. The objectives of the program are as follows:
1.Monitoring water quality in support of the FDEP s Dairy Rule by providing nutrient concentration measurements at the dairy outflows, and information to evaluate the effectiveness of dairy BMP s and the Dairy Buy-out program.
2.Assessing tributary, basin loading, and concentration inputs to Lake Okeechobee which include the following
a)Providing concentration measurements from inflows to Lake Okeechobee to compare with the 0.18 mg/l total phosphorus SWIM standard, and for use in basin loading calculations.
b)Providing data that will delineate the relative importance of tributary loading within the basin to the whole basin output.
c)Providing concentration measurements that will help evaluate the efficacy of the Kissimmee River restoration project.
3.Developing basin and spatial scale models to predict changes in loads to Lake
Okeechobee as a function of land use which includes
ii)To fulfill the commitment by the District to provide water quality sampling and analysis support for the $1.25 million federal Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP) grant for cost sharing of BMP implementation. |
