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Library

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Watershed Related Acronyms

 

Glossary of Environmental Terms and Acronyms

Caloosahatchee Water Management Plan (SFWMD)

 

Stormwater Utility Information

Stormwater Utility

Why build it?

Florida DEP Stormwater/Non-Point Source Management Program
An Internet Guide to Financing Stormwater Management
Case Study: Sarasota County, FL

Stormwater Utility Links

 

PowerPoint Presentations

Don't Dump It!

Stormwater Pollution Solutions for Citizens

The Southwest Florida Regional Restoration Coordination Team:  Accomplishments & Priority Restoration Projects

(Long Download Time)

Permitting Symposium 2002

A United Sense of Purpose
Refining the Permitting Process in Southwest Florida

(Long Download Time)

Consumptive Use Permit  

(12/3/02 presentation to SWFWC)

SWFFS Overview & Update 05/30/02

Stormwater Utility

Why build it?

DEP Basin Management 

(8/16/01 presentation to SWFWC)

Toni Edwards presentation

(8/16/01 presentation to SWFWC)

STORET

CERP Programmatic Regulations

CERP Recover 09/01

SW Florida Feasibility Study Documents

  Final Restudy Performance Measures Summary

Final Restudy Performance Measures Details

TMDL Information
Impaired Waters Rule Final Version
Data Quality Assessment Elements for Identification of Impaired Surface Waters
TMDL Allocation Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC)
 Florida DEP TMDL Information

 

Minimum Flows and Levels Information
 SFWMD Minimum Flows and Levels General Information
Final Minimum Flows and Levels Rules (Page 1)
Final Minimum Flows and Levels Rules (Page 2)
Final Minimum Flows and Levels Rules (Page 3)
Final Minimum Flows and Levels Rules (Page 4)

 

Caloosahatchee Water Quality Data Collection Program Final Report

January, 2003

This study was a three-year project, funded by the South Florida Water Management District, to quantify external loadings entering the Caloosahatchee Estuary from the Caloosahatchee River, Orange River, wastewater treatment facilities, and eight major rivers and creeks. Water quality monitoring is also performed in the Caloosahatchee estuary at 15 separate monitoring sites. This effort was intended to observe the estuary under a broad range of loading conditions by sampling one 30-day period in the wet season and one 30-day period in the dry season in each of the three years covered by this study.

 

Hendry County - County Line Ditch Final Design Recommendation

June, 2001

This proposal for a 3.7 mile ditch widening project located within the Four Corners Area of Charlotte, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties to alleviate flooding problems in the area is expected to go before the South Florida Water Management District's Governing Board for approval in the summer of 2005.

Southwest Florida Regional Restoration Coordination Team Report

Lake Okeechobee Water Level Management

Paul N. Gray, Ph.D.

Florida DEP Water Policy Documents

Florida DEP About Watershed Management

Ecosystem History: Florida Bay and the Southwest Coast (USGS)

 

Estero Bay Watershed Assessment

also available on a CD - contact John Cassani

TNC Weed Control Handbook

US Forest Service (Department of Agriculture) on-line library

USGS On Line Library

Toxic Cyanbacteria: Controlling Risks Assesing Water Safety and the Question of Government Regulation of Cynabacteria

 

Contact John Cassani for access to any of the following:

Manuals and Guides

  (Non-electronic, i.e., paper)

Basin Boundaries for Works of the District Within the Okeechobee Basin  

“A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management - The ABCs” - Descriptions of Commonly Used Terms  

“A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management - Water Clarity  

“A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management - Nutrients”  

“Broad-Leaf Arrowhead: A Workhorse of the Wetland”  

Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection  

A Citizen’s Streambank Restoration Handbook  

The Clean Water Act - An Owners Manual - River Network  

Clean Water In Your Watershed: A Citizens Guide To Watershed Protection  

Consensus Agreement On Model Development Principles To Protect Our Streams, Lakes and Wetlands  

Effects of Long-Term Disturbance on Riparian Vegetation and In-Stream Characteristics  

Field Manual of Urban Stream Restoration  

First Flush of Stormwater Pollutants Investigated in Texas  

Florida Lake Management Society, A Survey of Local Government Urban Lake Management  

Florida Lake Regions  

Florida LakeWatch Data  

Florida Yards And Neighborhoods Handbook: A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping  

Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management - Technical and Institutional Issues  

Funding for Habitat Restoration

Getting in Step - A Guide to Effective Outreach in Your Watershed  

Groundwater Impacts of Golf Course Development in Cape Cod  

Ground Water and Surface Water - A Single Resource - U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1139  

Hillsborough Stream Watch  

Keep It Clean - A Citizens Guide to Protecting Our Estuary  

Know Your Watershed - A Guide for Watershed Partnerships            

            Building Local Partnerships            

            Getting to Know your Local Watershed            

            Leading & Communicating            

            Managing Conflict            

            Putting Together A Watershed Management Plan            

            Reflecting On Lakes            

            State and Regional Watershed Contacts  

Land and Water - The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration  

Landscaping - A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Landscaping (Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Handbook)  

Lee Coast Water Quality Monitoring Stations  

Minimizing the Impact of Golf Courses on Streams  

Natural Resources Conservation Service - USDA NRCS  

Ocklawaha Prairie Restoration Area Land Management Plan - St. Johns River Water Management District  

Organizing Lake Users: A Practical Guide  

Peace River Water Quality Monitoring Project

Pollutant Dynamics of Pond Muck - (Muck deposition influences design and maintenance of stormwater ponds)  

Practical Bioengineering Applications in Watershed Management  

The Practice of Watershed Protection, Techniques for protecting our nations’s streams, lakes, rivers, and estuaries  

Proceedings: National Watershed Water Quality Project Symposium  

Rapid Watershed Planning Handbook (A comprehensive Guide for Managing Urbanizing Watersheds) Oct. 1998, reprinted 1999  

A Second Look at Porous Pavement/Underground Recharge  

Is Rooftop Runoff Really Clean  

Save Our Streams: Monitor’s Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates  

Save Our Streams: Program Catalog  

A Second Look at Porous Pavement/Underground Recharge  

Should Numerical Imperviousness Be Used to Zone Watersheds?  (Open Forum devoted to the question of whether specific, numerical limits on total watershed imperviousness are a practical and defensible zoning tool to protect stream quality in developing areas)  

Stormwater Management - A Guide for Floridians  

Stormwater Ponds: A Citizens Guide to Their Purposes and Management  

Stormwater Strategies - Community Responses to Runoff Pollution  

A Strategy for Evaluating In-lake Treatment Effectiveness and Longevity  

Stream Care Guide  

Treatment of Stormwater Runoff From And Agricultural Basin by a Wet-Detention Pond in Ruskin, Florida (Interim Report)  

Trophic State: A Waterbodies Ability to Support Plants, Fish and Wildlife  

Urban Targeting and BMP Selection - An Information and Guidance Manual for State Nonpoint Source Program Staff Engineers and Managers  

On The Waterfront - When Shoreline Beauty Becomes a Beast to Maintain  

The Use of Wetlands for Controlling Stormwater Pollution  

Volunteer Lake Monitoring  

Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual  

Volunteer Water Monitoring: A Guide for State Managers  

A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management - Nutrients (Information Circular #102) Florida LakeWatch  

Wading and Watching: Citizen Water Quality Monitoring in Florida  

Watershed Restoration: Principles and Practices  

Watershed Training Opportunities  

Water Quality Indicators Guide - Surface Waters (2nd edition)  

Water Reuse Ponds Developed in Florida  

Water - A Special Report - Naples Daily News  

A Watershed Approach To Urban Runoff - Handbook for Decisionmakers  

WaterWorks - Your neighbors share ideas on working in partnership for clean water  

Wetlands - A Key Link in Watershed Management - A Guide for Watershed Partnerships  

 

Posters

Urban Water Quality ...Sound management makes it happen  

Views from Your Lake - A Choice, an Action  

Watershed Management - A Community Process  

 

Brochures

 A cost-effective pollution prevention program for farms, ranches and homes turns environmental assessments into ACTION  

Estero Bay Buddies, Inc.  

Florida Yards & Neighborhoods for the Indian River Lagoon - Empowering the Public: A Homeowner Education Program for NonPoint Source Pollution Reduction (Apr. 1998)  

Groundwater & Surface Water: Understanding The Interaction  

The Stream Wheel - Stream Maintenance/Nuisance Wildlife/Land Preservation/Stream Restoration/Storm Drains/Outbuildings & Equipment/Yard Waste/Landscaping//Lawn Chemicals/Lawn Care/Streambank Erosion/Septic Systems  

Wherever you Live...Know your watershed  

 

Videos

“Partnerships For Watersheds” (13:00 min)  

 

Fact Sheets  

RURAL NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT (EPA)  

            Landscape Design and Maintenance for Pollution Control (Feb. 1994)  

            Managing Containerized Nurseries for Pollution Prevention (Apr. 1992)  

            Pollution Control for Horse Stables and Backyard Livestock (Feb. 1994)  

            Rural Roads: Pollution Prevention and Control Measures (Feb. 1994)  

URBAN NONPOINT SOURCE / STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (EPA)  

            Degraded Urban Detention Ponds - Recognizing Problems and Finding Solutions  (Feb. 1993)  

            Delaware’s Sediment Control and Stormwater Management Program (Apr. 1992)  

            Delineating Watersheds - A First Step towards Effective Management (Feb. 1993)  

EPA Commentary - EPA Internet Tools available to Help Your Watershed Clean-up efforts            

            Facts About Stormwater Management Programs in the State of Florida (Dec. 1990)  

            Financing Mechanisms for BMPs (Dec. 1990)  

            Impacts of Changes in Hydrology Due to Urbanization (Dec. 1990)  

            Institutional Support for Stormwater Management Programs (Feb. 1991)  

            Integrated Stream Management Programs Reduce Impacts to Aquatic Habitat (Dec. 1990)  

            Regional Stormwater Management Planning (Feb. 1991)  

            Retrofitting Stormwater Management Basins for Phosphorus Control (Aug. 1989)  

            Sand Filter Design for Water Quality Treatment (Apr. 1992)  

            Stormwater Control Benefits of Managed Floodplains and Wetlands (Dec. 1990)  

            Stormwater Management Ordinances for Local Governments (Dec. 1990)  

            Urban Runoff Impacts to Receiving Waters (Feb. 1991)  

            Uses of Wetlands in Stormwater Management (Dec. 1990)    

CDs    

SFWMD Estero Bay Watershed Assessment

Watershed Leadership Kit  

Volume 1.        Approaches to Better Site Design    

Volume 2.        Approaches to the Impacts of Urbanization  

Volume 3.        Approaches to the Eight Tools of Watershed Protection

 

 

 

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