These data show the results of for Nitrate monitoring in Florida Springs for 2018.
Water Quality in Florida Springs is an ecological indicator for the Landscape Conservation Project for Florida. The project entails large-scale assessment of and planning for the health of important natural resources in Florida, known as Conservation Assets (CAs). Conservation planning at the landscape scale provides a framework for safeguarding functional ecosystems, and their interconnected processes necessary to achieve true preservation of healthy resources. Spatially explicit data from the project informs prioritization and coordination for conservation decision-making. A suite of ecological indicators was carefully selected for each CA to represent important characteristics of each Asset and offers metrics that serve to evaluate current status, monitor trends over time, and guide conservation activities with clear measures of effectiveness of the outcomes. Results are shared routinely on the Florida Conservation Planning Atlas website (www.floridacpa.com) and periodically in a summary report card that will be available for managers and the wider public.
The springs data are from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Springs data are points depicting the best known location for springs along with ancillary data (Spring name, magnitude, group, flow, etc.).
Water Quality data were derived from the Final Integrated Water Quality Assessment for Florida: 2018 Sections 303 (d), 305 (b), and 314 Report and Listing Update, June 2018. These data show results for Nitrate monitoring. Nitrates in groundwater are the result of inorganic fertilizers, animal waste, and domestic wastewater and residuals.
