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Code		 Short Description Project
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(customer)		 Section Field
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Manager		 Start Date End Date Full Description
SE St.Lucie Estuary Michael Tompkins WQM mtompkin 12-OCT-1990 The St. Lucie Estuary is a major coastal resource of east
central Florida. It supports a variety of commercial and recreational activities,
and provides an important habitat for many aquatic organisms. This estuary is
located at the east end of the Okeechobee Waterway which crosses south central
Florida. It also acts as a navigational channel and outlet for discharges of
excess fresh water from Lake Okeechobee and the St. Lucie canal basin.
The St. Lucie Estuary surface water monitoring program is part of a Surface Water
Improvement and Management (SWIM) program that began in 1989. The areas of interest
are the St. Lucie Inlet and both the north and south forks of the St. Lucie River.
The water quality monitoring program provides a water quality data base for
1.Documenting problem areas within the St. Lucie Estuary system, and especially
those that may be related to point source discharges
2.Locating and reviewing any existing stations and data that might exist and
comparing the data
3.Locating and establishing monitoring stations in the estuary not currently being
monitored
4.Determining parameters that will best evaluate the water quality of the estuary
5.Documenting long term trends within the estuary, especially in areas where good
biological or water quality data currently exists.
The SE project began in October 1989. The collection and analysis of the samples
were contracted to a private firm during the first year of the study. In October
1990 the collection and analysis of the samples was taken over by the SFWMD.
The data can indicate changes in water quality and allow for better management of
the estuary for environmental enhancement and prevention of any further degradation.

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