NNC Implementation
Submitted by VanHoudt_L on January 9, 2017 - 4:51pm
For many decades Florida has had a narrative nutrient water quality criterion in place to protect Florida’s waters against nutrient over-enrichment. In 2009, the department initiated rulemaking and, by 2011, adopted what would be the first set of statewide numeric nutrient standards for Florida’s waters. By 2015, almost all of the remaining waters in Florida have numeric nutrient standards.
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Nia Wellendorf, Program Administrator |
All waters of the state fall into one of five surface water classifications (62-302.400 F.A.C.) with specific criteria applicable to each class of water. In addition to its surface water classification, a water may be designated as an Outstanding Florida Water (62-302.700 F.A.C.).
Integrating groundwater protection into DEP’s watershed management approach has required an expansion of both monitoring design and data analysis to include groundwater–surface water interaction. Historically, groundwater protection has emphasized land use and aquifer vulnerability, as well as investigating and remediating local point sources of contamination to protect potable water supplies. Watershed protection, however, requires the additional consideration of groundwater contributions to surface waterbodies through springs and base flows.
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