Florida Water Resources Monitoring Council (FWRMC)

The Florida Water Resources Monitoring Council (FWRMC) promotes information sharing among stakeholders that participate in monitoring efforts and management for marine waters, fresh surface waters and groundwater in Florida. Council members include members of state, local and federal organizations. By fostering communication, cooperation and collaboration, the council is working to:

• coordinate water resource data collection in a way that reduces redundant data.
• improve data sharing by increasing data comparability among member agencies, affiliates and stakeholders.
• provide input into developing the Florida WIN data repository.
• improve the scientific and legal defensibility of collected data.
• compile and disseminate data concerning the hydrological, chemical, physical and biological properties of Florida’s waters.
• ensure that water managers have the best science available for decision making.

The FWRMC has a work plan. The council periodically holds planning meetings and themed meetings to discuss topics of general interest. The council chair is a non-voting, advisory position that provides guidance to the council.
For more information or to get involved with the Council, contact Council Liaison Meghan Maly. 

 Workgroups

The FWRMC accomplishes its goals through projects by its workgroups: 

• Catalog of Monitoring Programs Workgroup.
• Salinity Network Workgroup.
• Continuous Monitoring Workgroup – The FWRMC workgroup assisted DEP's Continuous Monitoring (CM) Workgroup in completing a statewide survey of CM equipment users, equipment/operational information, sampling procedures and data availability. Subsequently, the CM Workgroup published a Best Management Practices Manual as a resource for monitoring groups considering CM.

Council Trainings

Videos of the council's 2019 training events are available below.

• How to Use the Water-CAT.
• "Big Data" Management Systems for Continuous Monitoring.
• How to Use WIN.
• Florida Resilient Coastlines Program: Achieving Coastal Resilience Together.
• Florida Geological Survey Overview.

Additional Information

Additional information about the council’s development, workgroups and meetings can be found in the meeting archive.