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
JAN-MAR 2025	2,078 ug/l		143 ug/l	0.02 mg/l	4	6
OCT-DEC 2024	1,216 ug/l		109 ug/l	0.05 mg/l	4	6
JUL-SEP 2024	3,248 ug/l		392 ug/l	0.1 mg/l	3	7
APR-JUN 2024	1,227 ug/l		94 ug/l	0.01 mg/l	2	2
JAN-MAR 2024	2,760 ug/l		246 ug/l	0.01 mg/l	3	5
OCT-DEC 2023	3,162 ug/l		261 ug/l	0.03 mg/l	3	5
JUL-SEP 2023	4,666 ug/l		400 ug/l	0.05 mg/l	3	8
APR-JUN 2023	1,833 ug/l		140 ug/l	0.07 mg/l	1	3
JAN-MAR 2023	1,379 ug/l		122 ug/l	0.03 mg/l	4	8
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, LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, Stream Waterwatch Water Quality Data, Volunteer , USGS National Water Information System, Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, 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
JUL-SEP 2024	997 ug/l		26 ug/l		22	26
APR-JUN 2024	1,041 ug/l		26 ug/l		21	43
JAN-MAR 2024	1,001 ug/l		36 ug/l		24	57
OCT-DEC 2023	919 ug/l		32 ug/l		24	60
JUL-SEP 2023	830 ug/l		26 ug/l		25	60
APR-JUN 2023	925 ug/l		33 ug/l		19	24
JAN-MAR 2023	709 ug/l		25 ug/l		23	47
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph

Source(s): Hillsborough County Lake Assessments, EPC Water Quality data gathered from reports, LAKEWATCH Supplemental Water Quality Sampling, LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data (Ken Romie), SWFWMD Water Quality Monitoring Program Data, USGS National Water Information System, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Florida LAKEWATCH, FDEP - Southwest Regional Operations Center

• 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
Cypress Creek	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 higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph

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