Nutrient Basin Management Action Plans

Nutrient Basin Management Action Plans

Nutrient BMAPs contain a comprehensive set of solutions, such as permit limits on wastewater facilities, urban and agricultural best management practices, and conservation programs designed to achieve pollutant reductions established by a total maximum daily load.

Indian River Lagoon BMAPS	Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program BMAPs	Other Nutrient BMAPs
Banana River Lagoon, Central Indian River Lagoon and North Indian River Lagoon.	Lake Okeechobee watershed and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River watersheds and estuaries.	Additional nutrient BMAPs for surface waters.

Indian River Lagoon Basin Management Action Plans

The Indian River Lagoon Protection Program (section 373.4597, F.S.), provides for additional requirements, projects, and water quality monitoring to further efforts identified in the three BMAPs and Mosquito Lagoon RAP to meet water quality standards and restore seagrass in the IRL. The law also requires the BMAPs to be evaluated and updated every five years with implementation milestones with strategies and projects and sufficient water quality monitoring to evaluate whether reasonable progress in pollutant load reductions is being achieved over time.  

Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP) BMAPS

The Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program (NEEPP; section 373.4595, F.S.) was established with the intent to protect and restore surface water resources to achieve water quality standards in the Northern Everglades through a phased, comprehensive and innovative protection program that includes long-term solutions to reduce nutrient loading to meet the state’s total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) established in accordance with section 403.067, F.S. The Northern Everglades watersheds include the Lake Okeechobee watershed and the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River watersheds and estuaries.  

Other Nutrient BMAPs