MBLS |
Manatee Bay Lons Sound - C-11 |
Dan Haunert |
WC |
cweaver |
05-DEC-1985 |
22-JUL-2002 |
The MBLS water quality monitoring program is conducted in the C-111 canal, Manatee Bay, Barnes Sound, and Long Sound areas. This monitoring program
is conducted in conjunction with the C-111 monitoring and operation permit # 131654749. Water quality monitoring occurs when at least 3 of the 13 culverts are opened at S-197. Various biological and hydrological monitoring will occur at the same time. Other environmental monitoring is conducted in these same areas by TENP and DERM.
The MBLS water quality monitoring program provides a data base for:
1.Determining Manatee Bay/ Barnes Sound salinity responses to storm related discharges at S-197
2.Establishing salinity gradients in Northeast Florida Bay associated with normal flow diversions through the C-111 gaps
3.Monitoring any additional influx of nutrients in the TENP eastern panhandle resulting from through the gaps
4.Monitoring salinity and water quality impacts downstream of S-21 (C-1W diversions) and
5.Establishing spatial impacts on salinity gradients, and how quickly they are re-established following a discharge event. |