The following data are summarized as seasonal average values for lake and river sampling locations located within the watershed. While these data are useful to serve as a general picture of watershed health, these data must be viewed with caution because these samples have been taken from ecologically different water resources.

Rivers:

Samples from most rivers located in this watershed are averaged as part of these data summaries.

Season	Total Nitrogen	Nitrate (NO3)	Total Phosphorus	Orthophosphate	Number of Sample Stations	Number of Samples
OCT-DEC 2025	664 ug/l		177 ug/l	0.17 mg/l	6	6
JUL-SEP 2025	721 ug/l		154 ug/l	0.15 mg/l	6	12
APR-JUN 2025	368 ug/l		107 ug/l	0.12 mg/l	6	12
JAN-MAR 2025	656 ug/l		108 ug/l	0.09 mg/l	7	19
OCT-DEC 2024	1,076 ug/l		156 ug/l	0.14 mg/l	7	19
JUL-SEP 2024	619 ug/l		220 ug/l	0.2 mg/l	7	19
APR-JUN 2024	443 ug/l		126 ug/l	0.12 mg/l	7	21
JAN-MAR 2024	476 ug/l		107 ug/l	0.06 mg/l	6	18
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): Quarterly Routine Water Monitoring, EPC Monthly Routine Water Monitoring, EPC Water Quality Data, EPC Water Quality data gathered from reports, LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Tampa Bay Water, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, Stream Waterwatch Water Quality Data, Volunteer , FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Southwest Florida Water Management District, FDEP - Southwest Regional Operations Center

Lakes:

Samples from most lakes located in this watershed are averaged as part of these data summaries.

Season	Total Nitrogen	Nitrate (NO3)	Total Phosphorus	Orthophosphate	Number of Sample Stations	Number of Samples
OCT-DEC 2025	833 ug/l		77 ug/l	0.02 mg/l	1	1
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): EPC Water Quality data gathered from reports, LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data (Ken Romie), SWFWMD Water Quality Monitoring Program Data, Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County

• Water Quality Sampling Locations - View a map showing the point locations of water quality monitoring stations which collect data being presented on the Water Atlas.

Southwest Florida Water Management District calculates the Aquifer Resource Indicator (ARI) for their three groundwater regions each month. The ARI was created to provide the public with a gauge of groundwater levels in their area, so they can develop an understanding of the severity and cycles of drought and recovery. The three regions include: North (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, and Sumter counties), Central (Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk counties), and South (Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, and Sarasota counties). Learn More about the Aquifer Resource Indicator >>

To determine the ARI for a region, each well is compared weekly to its respective low-normal value and the difference is calculated. The weekly differences are reduced to a monthly value for all monitoring wells within a region, and the resulting ARI value represents how far water levels in the aquifer must rise or fall to reach their respective low-normal values.

Source: SWFWMD Hydrologic Data Section Data

River	Flows Whole River Range	Flows Data by Segment	Levels Whole River Range	Levels Data By Segment
Hillsborough River	In the past 30 days Average river flow is slower than it has been historically.	Flows Data Table and Graph	In the past 30 days Average water levels are lower than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph

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