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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.
Season | Total Nitrogen | Nitrate (NO3) | Total Phosphorus | Orthophosphate | Number of Sample Stations | Number of Samples |
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JUL-SEP 2024 | 1,351 ug/l | 432 ug/l | 0.43 mg/l | 6 | 6 | |
APR-JUN 2024 | 890 ug/l | 285 ug/l | 0.23 mg/l | 18 | 29 | |
JAN-MAR 2024 | 1,211 ug/l | 274 ug/l | 0.15 mg/l | 22 | 37 | |
OCT-DEC 2023 | 1,367 ug/l | 415 ug/l | 0.27 mg/l | 21 | 38 | |
JUL-SEP 2023 | 1,273 ug/l | 481 ug/l | 0.38 mg/l | 11 | 24 | |
APR-JUN 2023 | 1,405 ug/l | 506 ug/l | 0.5 mg/l | 21 | 42 | |
JAN-MAR 2023 | 1,071 ug/l | 313 ug/l | 0.3 mg/l | 20 | 40 | |
OCT-DEC 2022 | 1,307 ug/l | 333 ug/l | 0.31 mg/l | 21 | 41 | |
JUL-SEP 2022 | 1,284 ug/l | 387 ug/l | 0.4 mg/l | 18 | 28 | |
APR-JUN 2022 | 1,033 ug/l | 366 ug/l | 0.31 mg/l | 21 | 42 | |
JAN-MAR 2022 | 823 ug/l | 297 ug/l | 0.35 mg/l | 19 | 39 | |
Five Year Seasonal Graph | ||||||
Five Year Graph of All Samples |
Season | Total Nitrogen | Nitrate (NO3) | Total Phosphorus | Orthophosphate | Number of Sample Stations | Number of Samples |
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Five Year Seasonal Graph | ||||||
Five Year Graph of All Samples |
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.
Stream level and flow data for the Little Manatee River Watershed. Learn More about Stream Flow »
River | Flows Whole River Range | Flows Data by Segment | Levels Whole River Range | Levels Data By Segment |
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Little Manatee River |
Average river flow is faster than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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Little Manatee River - South Fork |
Average river flow is faster than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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Gamble Creek |
Average river flow is faster than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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