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 NORTHWEST FLORIDA DISTRICT WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT

 1994 305 (b) TECHNICAL APPENDIX

 ALAaAMA

 VIM

 GEORGIA

 PANAMA CITY'

 WATER QUALITY

 GOOD

 THREATENED

 FAIR

 POOR

 UNKNOWN

 JOE HAND, JANA COL, AND ERIC GRIMISON

 BUREAU OF SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT

 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

 NOVEMBER, 1994

 INDEX TO RIVER BASINS

 ESCAMBIA R.

 PAGE 73 PEA R.

 PAGE 100 CHATTAHOOCHEE R.

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 APALACH COLA R.

 BLACKWATER R. YELLOW R. CHOCTAWHATCHEE R. PAGE 23

 PAGE 31 PAGE 150 CHIPOLA R.

 PERDIDO R, I PAGE 65 PAGE 47

 PAGE 123 CHOCTAWHATCHEE

 BAY

 PAGE 55 OCHLOCKONEE

 PERDIDO BAY PENSACOLA.

 PAGE 114 PAGE 104 RIVER

 PAGE 87

 ST. MARKS R.

 ST. ANDREWS BAY PAGE 142

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 1994 WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT

 FOR THE

 STATE OF FLORIDA

 TECHNICAL APPENDIX

 Submitted in accordance with the

 Federal Clean Water Act

 Section 305(b)

 November, 1994

 Standards and Monitoring Section

 Bureau of Surface Water Management

 Division Of Water Facilities

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Index to River Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

 List of Abbreviations , * , * * , * * , * , , * * * , * , * * * * , v

 Executive Summary/Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

 Introduction and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

 Watershed as the Assessment Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

 Inventory of STORET Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

 Florida Stream Water Quality Index Procedure . . . . . . . . . 5

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 Trophic State Index Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 8

 Screening Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

 Trend Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

 Toxic Pollutant Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

 Nonpoint Source Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

 Making Use Support Determinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

 Apalachicola Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

 Apalachicola River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

 Blackwater River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

 Chattahoochee River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

 Chipola River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

 Choctawhatchee Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

 Choctawhatchee River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

 Escambia River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

 New River 81

 Ochlockonee River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

 Pea River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

 Pensacola Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

 Perdido Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

 Perdido River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

 St. Andrews Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

 St. Marks River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

 Yellow River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

 PREFACE

 This report is produced to inform Floridians and the EPA about surface water quality conditions

 and trends in Florida. Originally produced in 1978, this report has been updated every two years

 since, and has gone through many changes. The items listed below identify the major format

 changes which distinguish this report from its predecessor.

 0 Reeional Reports - The large size of the statewide report (550 pages) necessitated its

 subdivision into 5 regional reports which correspond roughly with Department of

 Environmental Protection District Office boundaries (South and Southeast District Office

 reports are under one cover).

 0 Watersheds versus Reaches - In 1992 the State's rivers, lakes and estuaries were subdivided

 into 1600 'reaches' and the assessment was based on this reach structure, however much of

 the State's waters were not contained within the reaches. For 1994, the assessed area has been

 enlarged to cover the entire State by dividing the State into 4400 watersheds. The original

 1600 reaches remain pretty much intact within the new watersheds, and the terminology now

 includes watershed and waterbody rather than reach.

 * ARC/INFO Water Ouality Color Maps GIS techniques were used to produce color maps

 depicting water quality (designated use support) in each river basin. Watersheds were color

 coded based on good, threatened, fair or poor water quality designations.

 0 New Nonvoint Source Oualitative Surny - A nonpoint source qualitative survey was

 performed in 1988 and has been updated and included in this report for 1994. The survey used

 the same watersheds which were used to assess the water quality data and the qualitative

 results were integrated into this report to both supplement the quantitative information and to

 provide information when no quantitative information was available.

 0 Current versus Historic Data - Water quality data were examined for two time periods:

 current data from 1989-1993 and historic data from 1970-1988. Historic data were used to

 assess waterbodies only when there was no current data available.

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 We would like to express our gratitude to all of the professionals that supplied us with water

 quality data and reports, responded to surveys, and answered telephone inquiries concerning the

 status of waterbodies in their area. The quality of this report has been greatly enhanced by their

 efforts.

 Many individuals in the District Offices reviewed the report on their sections of the State. These

 individuals include Rick Bradburn, Glenn Butts, Donald Ray, and Tone Touart-Rohlke -in the

 Northwest District; Cathy Krestalude, Ernie Frey, Lee Banks, Angela Halfacre, and Jim Wright of

 the Northeast District ; Eric Pluchino and Dave Aerbster of the Central District; Paul Wierzbicki,

 Herb Zebuth, and John Moulton of the Southeast District; Gordon Romeis of the South District,

 and Pat Fricano of the Southwest District . Sid Flannery of the Southwest Florida Water

 Management District also reviewed the report for his area.

 The Nonpoint Source Stormwater Section put in a tremendous amount of work on the 1994

 Nonpoint Source Assessment Survey. This team included Kent Cain, Ellen McCarron, and Mke

 Scheinkman. Don Foose, recently retired from the USGS , spent four years delineating and

 digitizing the new watersheds. Bernadette Howe, formerly with the St. Johns River Water

 Management District, provided much of the foundation work on GIS techniques for handling

 watersheds and water quality data and mapping the information.

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 Several of the DEP Tallahassee staff are to be thanked for their support and review of the final

 document including Don Axelrad, Vivian Garfein, Mark Latch and Richard Harvey, and Machelle

 Jannon, who produced numerous draft copies of this text.

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 List of Abbreviations

 AWT advanced wastewater treatment

 BAS DEP basin water quality study

 BMPs best management practices

 BOD biochemical oxygen demand

 cfs cubic feet per second

 DEP Department of Environmental Protection

 DO dissolved oxygen

 FAA Everglades Agricultural Area

 EPA Environmental Protection Agency

 FGFWFC Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission

 MGD millions of gallons per day

 NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systern

 NPS nonpoint source

 NWFWMD Northwest Florida Water Management District

 OFW Outstanding Florida Waters

 REACH an EPA-designated waterbody or portion of a waterbody

 SFWI,4D South Florida Water Management District

 SJRWMD St. Johns River Water Management District

 SRWMD Suwannee River Water Management District

 STORET EPA's water quality data STOrage and RETrieval system

 SWFWMD Southwest Florida Water Management District

 swim Surface Water Improvement and Management

 TKN total Kjeldahl nitrogen (organic nitrogen and ammonia)

 TSI trophic state index

 WLA wasteload allocation

 WMD Water Management District

 WQI water quality index

 WWTP wastewater treatment plant

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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/OVERVIEW

 The 305(b) Technical Report provides useful surface water quality related information in a fonnat

 that is helpful to managers, planners, permit staff, and laymen, as well as water quality experts.

 For each of the 52 basins, a narrative summary, a map, and data tables identify the quality and

 trends of Florida's waterbodies, the causes of water quality problems, and the present regulatory

 activities conducted by DEP and EPA to improve the problem areas. It is the most widely

 circulated water quality assessment in the State, and also serves as the support document for the

 Surface Water Section of the 1994 305(b) Water Qualily Assessment Main Report submitted to

 EPA,

 The assessment required analysis of the available STORET water quality data for the 1970-1993

 time period (STORET is EPA!s computerized water quality database). Data from approximately

 4,000 stations are assessed in this report, necessitating the extensive use of computerized

 assessment techniques. Water quality assessment techniques used to identify problem areas

 included: water quality indices, screening level exceedances, statistical trend analysis, information

 from special studies, and interviewing local experts. The 305(b) assessment also includes

 information from the 1994 DEP Nonpoint Source Assessment Survey (which is based on the

 responses of 50 Florida agencies).

 Statewide Results From the Main Report

 In the 1992 305(b) assessment report, Florida was subdivided into 1600 reaches which were

 based on EPA's RF2 (river reach file #2). A reach was defined as a 5 mile long section of river, or

 5 square mile section of lake or estuary. Only major waterbodies were assessed in the 1992 report

 due to the resolution limitations imposed by the RF2 file. For 1994, Florida has been subdivided

 into 4400 watersheds based on EPA's RF3 and USGS watershed delineations. Many more miles

 of Florida waterbodies were assessed (50% more river miles, 30% more lake miles, and 20%

 more estuary miles) due to the increased number of watersheds available for assessment and due

 to efforts to collect more ambient data and store the data into STORET. Table I and Figure I

 show the mileages of Florida waters which were assessed in this year's report. A striking feature

 shown in Figure I is that 77% of river miles have unknown quality. This large percentage is due

 to the fact that EPA classified Florida's many ditches and canals as rivers, which were not

 assessed in this report.

 A quantitative summary of the State's water quality was accomplished by determining the degree

 of designated use support for the. different waterbody types. The vast majority of assessed Florida

 waterbodies meet or partially meet'their designated use (92% of the river miles, 8 1 % of the lake

 miles, and 96% of the estuary miles). Figure 2 shows that the river and estuary results are fairly

 similar, however the lake results show generally worse overall quality than the rivers and estuaries

 with fewer miles in the "meets use" category and more miles in the "does not meet use" category.

 Inter6 stingly enough, this year's lake assessment brought in many more small lakes with good

 overall quality, however, Florida's largest lakes (Lake Okeechobee and Lake George) still

 overwhelm the State average with their large mileages of fair to poor quality.

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 It is very important to address both the sources of pollution and trends in water quality. In the

 past, the majority of identified water quality problems in the State were caused by point sources,

 including both domestic and industrial sources. Recently, however, nonpoint sources accounted

 for the majority of Florida's water quality problems. This is due to the fact that point source

 treatment processes have improved while there has been an increase in acreage of agricultural and

 urban developed land and their associated runoff.

 Water quality trend analysis was performed on waterbodies which had sufficient data for analysis

 (467 out of 4400 waterbodies). The majority (.70%) of these waterbodies (as seen in Figure 3)

 exhibited no significant trends. Five times as many waterbodies (24%) have improving. water

 quality trends as have degrading trends. The improved water quality trends were generally the

 result of wastewater treatment plant upgrades or the additions of new regional WWTPs and

 nonpoint source controls in Tampa, Orlando and several other cities (as seen-in Figure 4). Five

 percent of the waterbodies assessed for trends showed degrading trends; however, there are no

 regional patterns for degrading trends similar to the improving trends. The causes of degrading

 trends included point sources and nonpoint sources. Statewide trend detection is limited for the

 following reasons:

 I . Only one-tenth of the waterbodies are assessed for trends.

 2. The primary focus of our monitoring network is not trend assessment; most of our

 stations are frequently moved, and there are very few sites with long-term, monthly

 data.

 3. Our trend assessment technique is tailored to the problem identified in #2, thus, it

 only identified relatively drastic changes in water quality. Subtle water quality

 changes due to population growth or nonpoint source treatment improvements are

 not picked up by this analysis.

 Table 1. Mileages of Florida Waters Assessed

 Monitored 1. Evaluated 2. Unknown 3. Total

 River (miles) 7,025 4,855 39,9782. 51,858

 Lake (sq. miles) 1,541 400 124 2,064

 Estuary (sq. miles) 2,417 L290 347 4,054

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 1. Monitored data includes 1989-1993 STORET data.

 2. Qualitative information or older STORET data (1970-1988)

 3. This number includes 25,909 miles of ditches and canals which have not been assessed.

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 Table 2. Overall Designated Use Support Summary

 RIVERS (All size units in Miles)

 Degree of use support Evaluated Monitored Total

 Fully Supporting 1116 4378 5495

 Supporting but Threatened 2259 0 2259

 Partially Supporting 1139 2093 3232

 Not Supporting 342 554 895

 Total Size Assessed 4856 7025 11881

 LAKES I _size units in Sqiqare Mile!)--

 begr@e of use support Evaluated Monitored Total

 Fully Supporting 213 494 707

 Supporting but Threatened 100 0 100

 Partially Supporting 53 714 766

 Not Supporting 34 332 366

 Total Size Assessed 400 1541 1940

 ESTUARIES (All size units in Square Miles)

 Degree of use support Evaluated Monitored Total

 Fully Supporting 501 1427 1928

 Supporting but Threatened 402 0 402

 Partially Supporting 358 851 1209

 Not Supporting 28 139 167

 Total Size Assessed 1290 2417 3707

 Evaluated means qualitative information or older STORET data (1970-1988).

 Monitored means recent STORET data (1989-1993).

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 FIGURE i. MILES MONITORED, EVALUATED AND UNKNOWN

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 Florida's surface water quality is displayed on the map on the cover of the main report. Two

 important conclusions can be drawn from this figure: first, the majority of Florida's surface water

 has good quality; and second, the majority of problems are found in Central and South Florida.

 The sparsely populated northwest and west-central sections of the State have relatively better

 water quality than other areas. Water quality problem areas in the State are evident around the

 densely populated, major urban areas including: Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, Pensacola, the

 Cape Kennedy area and the southeastern Florida coast. Other areas of poor water quality, not

 associated with population, are found in basins with intense agricultural usage.

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 Pollution sources and problems in Florida are varied. The State does not have extensive

 industrialization, but rather localized concentrations of heavy industry centered mostly in urban

 areas. Many of the problems found in surface waters in urban areas can be attributed to industrial

 discharges. Silviculture, agriculture and various types of animal husbandry are a large part of

 Florida's current and historical economy. Furthermore, Florida has undergone rapid population

 growth over the past two decades and this continues. This has resulted in more pollution sources

 associated with residential development.

 Florida@s major surface water quality problems can be summarized into five general categories:

 I . Urban Stormwater. Stormwater carries a wide variety of pollutants from nutrients to

 toxicants. Siltation and turbidity associated with construction activities can also be a major

 problem. Problem areas are concentrated around urban centers and mirror, quite well, the

 population map of the State. Current stormwater rules and growth management laws address this

 problem for new sources, but are difficult to monitor and enforce.

 2. Agricultural Runoff. The major pollutants involved include nutrients, turbidity,

 BOD, bacteria and herbicides/pesticides. These pollutants generally do their worst damage in

 lakes and slow moving rivers and canals, and sometimes, the receiving estuary. Problems are

 concentrated in the central and southern portions of the State, and in several of the rivers entering

 the State from the north. Traditionally, agricultural operations have had far more lenient

 regulation than point sources; however, there is increasing recognition of the need for improved

 treatment of runoff water.

 3.-Domestic Wastewater. This is an area that has shown significant improvement in the

 last decade. Most of the waterbodies with improving water quality trends can be traced to

 wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgrades. Further advancements are being encouraged with

 design innovations such as wastewater discharge to wetlands, water reuse and advanced

 treatment. Still, a problem exists in the rural areas of the State where financial and technological

 resources are limited. Consequently, several of these poorly operating facilities are polluting

 some of Florida's relatively pristine natural waterbodies. Also, septic tank leachate contributes to

 the degradation of many of Florida's waterbodies.

 4. Industrial Wastewater. Most notable among these are the pulp and paper mills.

 Because of the volume and nature of their discharge, all of the pulp and paper mills operating in

 the State seriously degrade their receiving waters. The phosphate and fertilizer industries are

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 major pollution sources (both point and nonpoint) in several of Florida's surface water basins. In

 addition, the mining of phosphate causes surface water hydrological modifications and major land

 use disturbances.

 5. Hydrological Modifications. This can take the form of damming running waters,

 channelizing slow moving waters, or dredging, draining and filling wetlands. Such modifications

 are not strictly pollution sources. However, in most cases where the natural hydrological regime

 was modified (mostly for water quantity purposes) water quality problems have ensued. Rating

 the effect of hydrologic modification is difficult. Dredge and fill activities result in a loss of

 habitat. Disruption of wetlands with a resultant net loss of area reduces the buffering and filtering

 capacities and biological potential of wetlands. This is a particularly important problem in

 estuaries. The loss of seagrasses and other marine habitats can seriously affect the maintenance of

 a viable fishery.

 The assessment of public health and aquatic life impacts uncovered several areas of concern.

 Many of these problems are associated with estuaries and are of a persistent nature. Fish with

 Ulcerative Disease Syndrome are still present in the lower St. Johns River. This problem was first

 identified in the early to mid-80s. Second, major fish kills (as many as I million fish) occurred in

 the Pensacola Bay system over the past two years. The more massive of these kills occurred in

 Bayou Chico. Bacterial contamination in the water and contaminated sediments of the Miami

 River threaten Biscayne Bay. Many urban estuaries throughout the State have elevated levels of

 metals and organic contaminants in their sediments. Examples are Tampa Bay, St. Johns River

 Estuary and Pensacola Bay. The continued loss of fishery habitat from dredge and fill and

 construction activities is a threat to the maintenance of a viable fishery. The extensive die off of

 mangroves and seagrasses and algal blooms in Florida Bay are an important State concern. The

 probable cause is the extensive channelization and hydrological modification of the bay's

 watershed exacerbated in recent years by a lack of flushing from hurricanes, high water

 temperature and high salinity.

 On the positive side, seagrasses have increased in area in Tampa Bay and there has been an

 improvement in water quality in Hillsborough Bay.

 Three other problems exist which are also of a persistent nature, but largely impact fresh water

 systems. First, fish consumption advisories for largemouth bass continue to be issued because of

 elevated mercury concentrations in their tissue. Second, a no fish consumption advisory has been

 issued for the Fenholloway River. Elevated levels of dioxin were found in fish from this stream.

 This waterbody receives effluent from a pulp mill. The third problem is the coliform bacteria

 contamination of the Miami River. Sources of this contamination are illegal sewer connections to

 the stormwater pipe system, leaking or broken sewer lines, and direct discharges of raw sewage

 when pump stations have exceeded their capacity. During acute contamination events (direct

 discharge of sewage) coliform bacteria counts in the Miami River and adjoining waters of

 Biscayne Bay are hundreds of times higher than State criteria. Efforts are being made by the City

 of Miami and Dade County to correct these problems.

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 Northwest Region Basin-by-Basin Evaluation of Water Quality

 The quality of Florida waters is graphically depicted on basin maps which follow each basin

 description. Areas of good, fair, and poor quality are readily discernible on these maps. The

 following is a summary of the status of the quality of waters in northwest Florida:

 In general, rivers in this region have good water quality, with a number of near pristine

 waterbodies. The major pollution sources in the area include agricultural, silvicultural, and

 construction runoff. Additionally, several, low volume WWTPs, especially in rural areas, are

 overloaded and/or poorly operating. Rapid coastal development threatens bays and lagoon

 waters. Finally, some high volume point source discharges, particularly from pulp and paper

 mills, adversely affect water quality.

 The Perdido Bay basin has water quality problems in two major areas: Elevenmile Creek and

 Bayou Marcus Creek. Champion Paper Company discharges into Elevenmile Creek. Dioxin

 contamination is a concern as fish taken from the creek have had tissue levels of dioxin ranging

 from 8.1 to 2S.7 parts-per-trillion. The EPA recommended maximum level is 7 parts-per-trillion.

 Bayou Marcus Creek receives urban runoff and discharge from a waste treatment facility. The

 bay is threatened and partially degraded due to these point and nonpoint pollution sources.

 Perdido River has good water quality except for the area near its mouth that is affected by poorer

 quality bay waters.

 The Escambia, Blackwater, and Yellow Rivers all drain into Pensacola Bay. They generally have

 good water quality except for localized areas downstream of point sources. In the Escambia

 River, these areas are in the northernmost reaches, with mostly domestic dischargers, and in the

 southernmost reaches where there are industrial dischargers. Trammel Creek in the Yellow River

 basin shows degraded conditions due to domestic discharge. That WWTP has a history of

 discharge violations. One of the more recent resulted in a large fish kill. The WWTP discharge

 (from the City of Crestview) has been removed from Trammel creek and routed to an upland site.

 Though the general water quality of Escambia, Blackwater, Yellow, and Perdido Rivers appears

 to be good, all four rivers have a mercury problem. High enough concentrations of mercury were

 found in tissue of largemouth bass to warrant issuing limited consumption advisories. The

 Pensacola Bay basin has water quality problems associated with urbanization around the City of

 Pensacola. The western bay receives the bulk of the treated wastewater and urban runoff, while

 Escambia Bay has industrial discharges. Fish kills have been a persistent problem in both

 Pensacola and Escambia Bays and their tributary bayous. Although the Choctawhatchee River

 generally has good water quality, it has a moderate degree of impact from agricultural runoff

 (turbidity, nutrients, pesticides, etc.). Additionally, several of the tributary systems within the

 basin have problems associated with domestic or industrial discharge. Alligator, Holmes, and

 Camp Branch Creeks receive discharge from Chipley, Graceville, and Bonifay WWTPs,

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 respectively. West Sandy Creek and Bruce Creek, in the western basin, receive discharge from

 DeFuniak Springs WWTP and the Showell Farm poultry processing plant, respectively. Most of

 these small treatment plants have recently been upgraded or are in the process of being upgraded

 through Consent Orders. Choctawhatchee Bay has good water quality, but is threatened by

 development of its watershed. Of particular concern are spray field and/or urban runoff from

 developed areas at Ft. Walton Beach and Destin.

 St. Andrews Bay has fairly good water quality except for an area around a paper mill discharge.

 Most of the rest of the basin has good water quality except Beatty Bayou. High concentrations of

 lead, mercury, DDT, chlordane, PCB's, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been found in

 sediments in Watson Bayou. Also, Deer Point Lake, the drinking water source for Panama City,

 has nutrient and aquatic weed problems. Both Econfina Creek and Deer Point Lake have

 largemouth bass contaminated with mercury resulting in fish limited consumption advisories. St.

 Josephs Bay has excellent water quality except for an area around its paper mill discharge.

 The Chipola River has generally good water quality. Localized threats to the river include high

 nitrates, BOD, and siltation from agricultural and silviculture nonpoint sources. A Basin

 Assessment found that the river is severely phosphorus limited due to high levels of nitrogen. A

 tributary to Chipola River and Dry Creek is a Superfund site because of contamination from a

 battery reclaiming industry and is currently undergoing a cleanup.

 The Apalachicola River basin has a mix of good and problem water quality areas. Scipio Creek,

 at the mouth of the river, is impaired by shrimping and marina activities and historic wastewater

 loading. The WWTP which formerly discharged to Scipio Creek has been converted to wetlands

 discharge. The City of Blountstown WWTP discharges to Sutton Creek. That plant has had past

 problems and is presently under a Consent Order. Apalachicola Bay has very good water quality

 and supports Florida's largest commercial oyster fishery. Though within this basin there are

 localized problems due to nonpoint source pollution from fish houses and marinas. The New

 River basin which drains into the eastern end of Apalachicola Bay has very good water quality.

 Little of this basin's area has been developed. At the eastern end of Apalachicola Bay is St.

 George Sound. In general the Sound has good water quality with exception of the area near

 Carrabelle. The City previously discharged primary treated wastewater, but has recently made

 significant upgrades in its treatment.

 The upper Ochlockonee River has turbidity and nutrient problems primarily from agricultural

 runoff and out-of-state point sources. Siltation has resulted in a depressed macroinvertebrate

 community, and as a consequence, a fishery decline. The lower river, Lake Talquin and the

 Sopchoppy River maintain good water quality. Fish consumption advisories that recommend

 limited consumption have been issued for both Lake Talquin and the Ochlockonee River and may

 soon be issued for the Sopchoppy River. Telogia Creek, a tributary to the Ochlockonee, has

 nutrient and DO problems in its upper reaches as a result of runoff from the Gretna WWTP spray.

 fields. Court action has been taken against the City of Gretna to remove all discharges from

 Telogia Creek.

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 The St. Marks, Wakulla, and Aucilla Rivers have excellent water quality except for a small stretch

 in the lower St. Marks that has oil polluted sediments from oil spills, historic Seminole Asphalt

 discharge and marina activities. Munson Slough and Lake Munson in Tallahassee have pollution

 problems from past domestic discharges (now routed to spray irrigation) and current stormwater

 runoff. Lake Munson has shown marked improvement in water quality since the diversion of the

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 INTRODUCTION AND METHODS

 This section describes the water quality assessment procedures used by the Bureau of

 Surface Water Management to prepare the 1994 Florida Water Quality Inventory

 [305(b)]. The procedures are:

 1. Divide State into Assessment Watersheds.

 2. Inventory STORET data.

 3. Calculate. Stream Water Quality Index (WQI).

 4. Calculate Lake/Estuary Trophic State Index (TSI).

 5. Apply Screening Levels.

 6. Conduct Trend Analysis.

 7. Conduct Toxic Pollutant Assessment.

 8. Conduct Nonpoint Source Assessment.

 Florida's 52 major river basins were subdivided into 4400 watersheds of approximately

 five square miles each. The predominate waterbody within each watershed was identified

 and classified as a lake, stream, or estuary. Each watershed and its waterbody formed an

 assessment unit and all water quality stations within the watershed were aggregated as if

 they were from the same site (the stations were screened for unwanted sites, such as, point

 source discharge sites). A water quality inventory was performed on EPA!s STORET

 database. The inventory included the years 1970 through 1993 and was classified as

 recent (1989-1993) or historic (1970-1988). Tables of water quality data were prepared

 for each of Florida's 52 basins. Three procedures were then used to assess the water

 quality data. A Water Quality Index was calculated to determine the overall quality of

 Florida streams and rivers. The Water Quality Index summarizes information from six

 categories including water clarity (turbidity and total suspended solids), dissolved oxygen,

 oxygen demanding substances (biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand,

 and total organic carbon), nutrients (total nitrogen and total phosphorus), bacteria (total

 coliform and fecal coliform), and macroinvertebrate diversity index (based on natural

 substrate samples, artificial substrate samples and Beck's Biotic Index). The water quality

 of lakes and estuaries is described by the Trophic State Index which is a measure of the

 potential for algal or aquatic weed growth. The components which make up the Trophic

 State Index include total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll and Secchi depth.

 Screening levels for 19 water quality parameters were also used to determine the quality

 of Florida lakes, estuaries and streams.

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 The water quality indices and screening levels have all been tailored to Florida's water

 quality by using the actual distribution of Florida data to determine the water quality

 criteria used by the procedures. Specific information on each of the procedures is

 described in the following sections.

 Watershed as the Assessment Unit

 In the 1992 305(b) assessment report, Florida was subdivided into 1600 reaches which

 were based on EPA's RF2 (river reach file #2). A reach was defined as a 5 mile long

 section of river, or 5 square mile section of lake or estuary. Only major waterbodies were

 assessed in the 1992 report due to the resolution limitations imposed by the RF2 file. For

 1994, Florida has been subdivided into 4400 watersheds based on EPA's RF3 and USGS

 watershed delineations. The original 1600 reach delineations have been kept intact,

 however, many additional watersheds have been added due to the increased resolution of

 RF3 and the USGS watersheds which cover the entire State. USGS was contracted to

 develop useable, small watersheds (approximately 5 square miles) using watershed

 boundaries identified on USGS topological maps and ARC/INFO GIS techniques. USGS

 completed 75% of the State, but unfortunately they did not delineate watersheds in south

 Florida (USGS subregion 0309). Watersheds for South Florida were adapted from a

 much coarser delineation developed by the South Florida Water Management District. The

 resulting watersheds in this area are about 50 square miles each, ten times larger than

 those for the rest of the State.

 The major waterbody within each watershed was identified and named. Usually each

 watershed encompassed one major or one minor named waterbody (similar to the 1992

 reach structure). The length of each stream waterbody and the area of lake and estuary

 waterbodies is essential information. The length of stream waterbodies was determined by

 GIS measurements of the RF3 trace ( or assigned a length of 5 miles if no RF3 trace was

 available). The area of lake and estuary waterbodies was determined with crude GIS aerial

 measurement techniques (if estuary waterbodies had no RF3 traces, their area was set to

 5 square miles and unknown lake waterbodies were assigned an area of 1 square mile).

 The water quality within each waterbody is assumed to be homogenous (if data prove this

 assumption to be wrong, then the waterbody was subdivided). GIS techniques were used

 to assign STORET sites to their respective watersheds and the location of each site was

 visually inspected on a GIS map. If more than one named waterbody showed up in a

 watershed (based on the STORET data within a watershed), then the watershed was

 subdivided.

 Inventory of STORET Data

 An inventory of data was retrieved from STORET for the 1970-1993 time period. If data

 within a watershed were available for the current time period (defined as 1989-1993), then

 historical data was not examined, except for trend analysis. If no current data were found,

 then historic data (defined as 1970-1988) were used for the assessment. Fifty STORET

 parameter codes representing 21 different water quality parameters were inventoried

 (Table 3). There are about 8000 Florida stations in STORET which were sampled in

 1970-1993. These stations are located in 1500 of the 4400 watersheds. Annual average

 (median) water quality was calculated for each of these stations and the data were stored

 on a local ]IBM Personal computer. In order for an annual average to be calculated for a

 station, the station had to be sampled at least twice within each year. STORET remark

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 Table 3. Storet Water Quality Assessment Parameters.

 Category Storet Parameter Name Storet Parameter Code

 Coliform Fecal Coli MPN-FCBR/100ml 31616

 Coliform. Fecal Coli MPNECMED/100ml 31615

 Coliform. Total Coli MGIMENDO/100ml 31501

 Coliform. Total Coli MPN CONG/100ml 31505

 Conductivity Conductivity at 25c micromho 95

 Conductivity Conductivity Field micromho 94

 Dissolved Oxygen Dissolved Oxygen % saturation 301

 Dissolved Oxygen Dissolved Oxygen mg/1 300

 Dissolved Oxygen Dissolved Oxygen Probe mg/l 299

 Diversity Index Biotic Index BI 82256

 Diversity Index Diversity Index Artificial substrate 82251

 Diversity Index Diversity Index Natural substrate 82246

 Flow Stream Flow cfs 60

 Flow Stream Flow inst.-cfs 61

 Oxygen Demand BOD 5 day mg/1 310

 Oxygen Demand COD Hi Level mg/1 340

 Oxygen Demand Tot Organic Carbon C mg/l 680

 pH-Alkalinity pH SU 400

 pH-Alkalinity pH SU lab 403

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 pH-Alkalinity Total Alkalinity CaC03 mg/1 410

 Temperature Temperature Water cent 10

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll A mg/1 32230

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll A mg/1 32217

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll A mg/l 32210

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll A mg/1 corrected 32211

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll Total mg/1 32234

 Trophic Status Chlorophyll total ug/1 32216

 Trophic Status Nitrogen ammonia Diss-N02 mg/1 71846

 Trophic Status Nitrogen NH3+NH4- N Diss mg/1 608

 Trophic Status Nitrogen NH3 NH4- N total mg/1 610

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Nitrate Diss-N03 mg/l 71851

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Nitrate Tot-N03 mg/1 71850

 Trophic Status Nitrogen N02&NO3 N-Diss mg/1 631

 Trophic Status Nitrogen N02&NO3 N-Total mg/l 630

 Trophic Status Nitrogen N03-N Diss mg/l 618

 Trophic Status Nitrogen N03-N Total mg/l 620

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Org N N mg/l 605

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Tot Kjel N mg/l 625

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Total N As N03 mg/l 71887

 Trophic Status Nitrogen Total N N mg/1 600

 Trophic Status Phosphorus OrthoPO4 mg/1 660

 Trophic Status Phosphorus Total As P04 mg/l 71886

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 Table 3. Storet Water Quality Assessment Parameters (continued).

 Category Storet Parameter Name Storet Parameter Code

 Trophic Status Phosphorus Total mg/l P 665

 Trophic Status Transparency Secchi Inches 77

 Trophic Status Transparency Secchi Meters 78

 Water Clarity Color PT-CO Units 80

 Water Clarity Color-AP Pt-CO Units 81

 Water Clarity Residue Tot NFLT mg/1 530

 Water Clarity Turbidity JKSN JTU 70

 Water Clarity Turbidity TRBIDMTR HACH FTU 76

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 codes also present a problem in data analysis when a data value is recorded as "less than"

 the actual value reported. In these cases the reported value was multiplied by 0.5 to adjust

 for the "less than" condition. Data with STORET remark codes indicating that the

 reported value was "greater than" the actual value were dropped from further analysis. A

 Water Quality Index value was calculated for each stream/river annual median and a

 Trophic State Index value was calculated for each lake/estuary annual median.

 Florida Stream Water Quality Index Procedure

 To assess Florida stream water quality, a Florida stream Water Quality Index (WQI) was

 developed and first used in the 1988 305(b) report. The WQ1 is based on the quality of

 water as measured by six water quality categories (water clarity, dissolved oxygen, oxygen

 demanding substances, bacteria, nutrients and biological diversity). Each category may

 have more than one parameter as shown in Table 4. Raw (annual average) data are

 converted into index values which range from 0 to 99 for the six categories. Index values

 correspond to the percentile distribution of stream watei quality data in Florida (Table 4).

 [The percentile distribution of STORET water quality data were determined in 1987 for

 2,000 ambient, stream STORET locations in Florida.] For example, Table 4 shows the

 BOD concentrations ranged from 0.8 mg/1 (10 percentile) to 5.1 mg/ (90 percentile) with

 a median value of 1.5 mg/1 (50 percentile). ABOD concentration of 0 to less than 0.8

 mg/1 is assigned an index value of 0 to 9, etc.

 The overall WQI is the arithmetic average of the six water quality index categories. The

 index for each category is determined by averaging its component parameter index values.

 Nfissing water quality parameters and missing water quality categories are ignored in the

 final calculation. Therefore, the final WQI is based on an average of anywhere from I to 6

 water quality index categories. Table 5 shows an example calculation of the WQI. The

 WQI can be calculated from just one index category; however, it becomes more reliable as

 more categories are used in its calculation.

 In order to determine the range of values of the WQI which correspond to good, fair and

 poor quality, the WQI was correlated with the EPA National Profiles Water Quality

 Index for Florida data. (The EPA WQI was used in the 1986 305(b)). Based on this

 correlation, the cutoff values for the WQ1 were determined as follows: 0 to less than 45

 represents good quality, 45 to less than 60 represents fair quality, and 60 to 99 represents

 poor quality.

 The Florida stream Water Quality Index has several advantages over indices used

 previously. First, the index is tailored to Florida water quality data, since it is based on the

 percentile distribution of Florida stream data. Second, it uses the water quality categories

 which are felt to be the most important measures of water quality in Florida: water clarity,

 dissolved oxygen, oxygen demanding substances, nutrients, bacteria and biological

 diversity. Third, it is simple to understand and calculate and does not require a mainframe

 computer or any complex data transformations or averaging schemes. Finally, the index

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 Table 4. Florida Stream Water Quality Index Criteria.

 Percentile Distribution of STORET Data.

 Parameter Best Quality Median Value Worst Qua

 Unit 1096 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 

 Category: Water Clarity

 Turbidity JTU 1.50 3.00 4.00 4.50 5.20 8.80 12.20 16.50 

 Total Suspended Soldis mg/l 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.50 6.50 9.50 12.50 18.00 

 ** Category: Dissolved Oxygen

 Dissolved Oxygen mg/l 8.00 7.30 6.70 6.30 5.80 5.30 4.80 4.00 

 ** Category: Oxygen Demand

 Biochemical Oxygen Demand mg/l 0.80 1.00 1.10 1.30 1.50 1.90 2.30 3.30 

 Chemical Oxygen Demand mg/1 16.00 24.00 32.00 38.00 46.00 58.00 72.00 102.00 1

 Total Organic Carbon mg/1 5.00 7.00 9.50 12.00 14.00 17.50 21.00 27.50 

 ** Category: Nutrients

 Total Nitrogen mg/1 as N 0.55 0.75 0.90 1.00 1.20 1.40 1.60 2.00 

 Total Phosphorus mg/1 as P 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.09 0.16 0.24 0.46 

 ** Category: Bacteria

 Total Coliform #/100 ml 100.00 150.00 250.00 425.00 600.00 1100.00 1600.00 3700.00 760

 Fecal Coliform, #/100 ml 10.00 20.00 35.00 55.00 75.00 135.00 190.00 470.00 9

 ** Category: Biological Diversity

 Diversity Index Nat. Substrate Index 3.50 3.10 2.80 2.60 2.40 2.15 1.95 1.50 

 Diversity Index Art. Substrate Index 3.55 3.35 3.20 3.05 2.90 2.65 2.40 1.95 

 Beck's Biotic Index Index 32.00 28.00 23.00 18.50 14.00 11.00 8.00 5.50 

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 Table 5. An Example Calculation of the Florida Stream Water Quality Index (WQI).

 Parameter

 Water Quality Category' Water Quality Parameter 2 Value' Index Value 4 Index Average 5

 Water Clarity Turbidity 3.9 mg/1 29 40

 Water Clarity Total Suspended Solids 7.0 mg/1 52

 Dissolved Oxygen Dissolved oxygen 5.4 mg/1 58 58

 Oxygen Demanding Substances BOD 2.8 mg/1 75

 Oxygen Demanding Substances COD 31.0 mg/1 29 52

 Oxygen Demanding Substances TOC

 Nutrients Total Nitrogen 1.87 mg/1 77 79

 Nutrients Total Phosphorus 0.56 mg/1 82

 Bacteria Total Coliform 1800 MPN/100 ml 71 70

 Bacteria Fecal Coliform 1900 MPN/100 ml 70

 Macroinvertebrate Diversity Natural Substrate 1.7 76

 Macroinvertebrate Diversity Artificial Substrate 2.3 72 69

 Macroinvertebrate Diversity Beck's Biotic Index 11.0 60

 WQI = 61'

 1- These are the 6 water quality categories.

 2_ These are the 13 water quality parameters which make up the 6 categories.

 3_ These are the actual data values (1.1 indicates no measurement was taken for this parameter).

 4_ The index value is based on the percentile distribution values shown in Table 4.

 5_ The category average is based on an average of each of the water quality parameter values.

 6_ The WQI is an average of the category index values, i.e., WQI = (40+58+52+79+70+69)/6=61.

 works; it nicely identifies areas of good, fair, and poor water quality that correspond to

 professional and public opinion.

 A toxic pollutants category would be a valuable addition to the index; however, toxic

 pollutants were not included in the index since there is relatively little data in Florida

 (compared to the amount of data for conventional pollutants ). Toxic pollutants were

 assessed separately as discussed later in this section of the report.

 Trophic State Index Procedure

 The Trophic State Index procedure provides an effective method of classifying lakes

 based on the lake's chlorophyll, Secchi depth, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations.

 The index was developed in 1982 in response to the EPA Clean Lakes Program and is

 documented in the Classification of Florida Lakes Report by the University of Florida,

 Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. This index remains unchanged from

 the 1988 305(b) report.

 The index is based on a trophic classification scheme developed in 1977 by R.E. Carlson.

 It relies on three trophic indicators to describe the trophic status of a lake. The goal was

 to have each indicator relate to algal biomass such that a 10 unit change in the index

 would represent a doubling or halving of algal biomass. Carlson developed indices based

 on Secchi disc transparency, chlorophyll concentration and total phosphorus

 concentration. The Florida Trophic State Index (TSI) is based on the same rationale, but

 also includes total nitrogen concentration as a fourth index. Criteria were developed for

 Florida lakes from a regression analysis of data on 313 Florida lakes. The desirable upper

 limit for the index is set at 20 ug/1 chlorophyll which corresponds to an index of 60.

 Doubling the chlorophyll concentration to 40 ug/1 results in an index increase to 70 which

 is the cutoff for undesirable (or poor) lake quality. Index values from 60 to 69 represent

 'fair' water quality. The criteria for chlorophyll, Secchi depth, total phosphorus and total

 nitrogen concentrations are shown in Table 6.

 A nutrient index is also calculated based on phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations and

 the limiting nutrient concept. The limiting nutrient concept identifies a lake as phosphorus

 limited if the nitrogen to phosphorus concentration ratio is greater than 30, as nitrogen

 limited if the ratio is less than 10, and balanced (depending on both nitrogen and

 phosphorus) if the ratio is 10-30. Thus, the nutrient TSI is based solely on phosphorus if

 the ratio is greater than 3 0, solely on nitrogen if less than 10, or based on both nitrogen

 and phosphorus if the ratio is between 10 and 30. An overall index (TSI) is calculated

 based on the average of the chlorophyll TSI, the Secchi depth TSI and the nutrient TSI.

 For this index to be calculated, both nitrogen and phosphorus measurements are required

 for the sample. The lake trophic state index was also applied to Florida estuaries to

 describe estuarine water quality. The criteria for the estuary quality ratings is 10 less than

 the lake ratings (i.e., good estuarine water quality is a TSI value of 0-49, fair quality is 50-

 59, and poor quality is a value of 60-100). Table 7 shows an example TSI calculation.

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 Table 6. Trophic State Index (TSI) for Lakes and Estuaries.

 For Lakes: 0-59 is good, 60-69 is fair, 70-100 is poor

 For Estuaries: 0-49 is good, 50-59 is fair, 60-100 is poor

 Trophic State Chlorophyll Secchi Depth Total Phosphorus Total Nitrogen

 Index CHIA SD TP TN

 TSI (ug/1) W (mgP/l) (mgN/1)

 0 0.3 7.4 0.003 0.06

 10 0.6 5.3 0.005 0.10

 20 1.3 3.8 0.009 0.16

 30 2.5 2.7 0.01 0.27

 40 5.0 2.0 0.02 0.45

 50 10.0 1.4 0.04 0.70

 60 20.0 1.0 0.07 1.2

 70 40 0.7 0.12 2.0

 80 80 0.5 0.20 3.4

 90 160 0.4 0.34 5.6

 100 320 0.3 0.58 9.3

 TSI equations which generate the above criteria:

 CHLATs, = 16.8 + [14.4 x LN (CHIA)] (use Natural Log)

 SDTSI = 60- [30 x IN (SD)]

 TNTSI = 56 + (19.8 x LN (TN)]

 TPTSI = [18.6 x LN (TP x 1000)] -18.4

 TSI = (CHLATs, + SDTSI + NUTRTsj.) /3

 * Limiting Nutrient considerations for Calculating NUTRTsi:

 If TN/TP > 30 then NUTRTSI = TPTSI

 If TN/TP < 10 then NUTRTSI = TNTS1

 If 10 < TN/TP <30 then NUTRTs, = (TPTSI + TNTSI) /2

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 Table 7. An Example Calculation of the Trophic State Index (TSI)

 (See Table 6 for Formulas).

 Annual Average TSI Calculation Average TSI

 Chlorophyll 6.0 ug/l 42.6" 42.1

 Secchi Depth 1.8 meters 42.3'- 42.3

 Phosphorus* 0.04 mg P/1 50.2 3.

 Nitrogen* 0.67 mg N11 48.1 4. 49.2 5-

 -5 . @0-

 1. CHLA = 16.8 + (14.4 x IN (6.0)) 42.1 (use Natural Log)

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 2. SD = 60 - [30 x LN (1.9)] = 42.3

 3. TP = (18.6 x IN (0.04 x 1000H - 18.4 = 50.2

 4. TN = 56 + [19.8 x LN (0.67)] = 48.1

 5. TN/TP Ratio = 0.67/0.04 = 16.7 therefore, TSI NUTR = an average of TSI

 Phosphorus and TSI Nitrogen = (50.2 + 48.1)/2 = 49.2

 6. (42.6 + 42.3 + 49.2)/3 = 45

 Note: If either phosphorus or nitrogen sampling information

 are missing, then the index is not calculated.

 Chlorophyll and/or Secchi Depth may be missing and the

 index will be calculated.

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 Screening Levels

 Screening levels were used to determine water quality problems caused by each of

 nineteen water quality parameters (Table 8). Screening levels were based on either Florida

 criteria or on criteria established by professional judgment when quantitative Florida

 criteria are absent. Different screening levels were developed for streams, lakes and

 estuaries to take into account the natural differences among these waterbodies. The

 criteria which were established by professional judgment were based on the percentile

 distribution of Florida data.

 The eightieth percentile was chosen as the cutoff between acceptable and unacceptable

 water quality. This means that 80% of Florida's water quality data will have acceptable

 levels. Table 8 identifies the screening levels used, the typical values measured and the

 Florida criteria for streams, lakes and estuaries. Screening level exceedances are noted in

 the data tables for each watershed in each basin.

 Trend Analysis

 Water quality trend analysis was performed on. 12 water quality parameters (plus the

 overall stream water quality index and the trophic state index) for 460 watersheds. The

 time frame for the analysis is from 1984-1993. The analysis was quite simple; a non-

 parametric correlation analysis (Spearman's Ranked Correlation) was used to analyze the

 ten-year trend of the annual STORET station medians for each watershed. There may

 have been only one station analyzed within a watershed resulting in a maximum of ten

 years of data, or there may have been many stations sampled within the watershed

 resulting in the analysis of many more yearly station medians and a more meaningful trend

 analysis.

 A separate trend assessment technique was used to analyze stream, lake, and estuary

 waterbodies. Stream trend analysis utilized the trend information from eight water quality

 parameters (bacteria, turbidity, total suspended solids, BOD, dissolved oxygen, Secchi

 depth, nitrogen and phosphorus) plus the overall water quality index. Lake and estuary

 trend analysis focused on four trophic state parameters (chlorophyll, Secchi depth,

 nitrogen and phosphorus) plus the trophic state index.

 The overall trend of each waterbody was determined by comparing the number of

 improved water quality parameters to the number of degraded water quality parameters.

 Some waterbodies showed quite strong trends. If a waterbody showed no trends, or just

 one parameter showed a trend (or the number of improved trends minus the number of

 degraded trends is zero or one), then the trend is classified as "no change". This trend

 analysis must be considered preliminary due to the simplicity of the technique.

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 Table 8. Water Quality Assessment Parameters For Florida Streams, Lakes and

 Estuaries, Screening Levels-Typical Values-Florida Criteria.

 Parameter Units Screening Typical Va lues Florida Criteria (17-302)

 Level 10% (Median) 90% Class III

 Water Body Type: Stream

 Alkalinity CaC03 Mg/l 13 (75) 150 20.0 mg/l min.

 Beck's Biotic Index Index <5.5 4 (14) 32

 BOD 5 Day mg/1 >3.3 0.8 (1.5) 5.1 Not cause DO<5 mg/l

 Chlorophyll ug/l 1 (6) 30

 COD Mg/l >102 16 (46) 146

 Coliform-Fecal #/100 ml >470 10 (75) 960 200/100 ml

 Coliform-total #/100 ml >3700 100 (600) 7600 1000/100 ml

 Color Platinum-Color Units 21 (71) 235 No nuisance conditions

 Conductivity micromho >1275 100 (335) 1300 1275 or 50% abv background

 Dissolved Oxygen mg/1 <4.0 3.1 (5.8) 8.0 5. 0 mg/l

 Diversity Artificial Sub index <1.95 1.4 (2.9) 3.6 min. 75% of DI

 Diversity Natural Substr index <1.50 1.2 (2.4) 3.5 min. 75% of DI (marine)

 DO % Saturation % 36 (68) 90

 Fecal Strep #/100 ml 20 (15) 1700

 Fluoride mg/l 0.1 (0.2) 0.8 10.0 mg/l

 Nitrogen-total mg/1 as N >2.0 0.5 (1.2) 2.7 Not cause imbalance

 pH standard units 6.1 (7.1) 7.9 <6.0 >8.5

 Phosphorus-total mg/l as P >0.46 0.02 (0.09) 0.89 Not cause imbalance

 Secchi Disc Depth meters 0.4 (0.8) 1.7 min. 90% background

 Temperature centigrade 19 (23) 28 No nuisance conditions

 Total Organic Carbon mg/l >27.5 5 (14) 37

 Total Suspended Solids mg/l >18.0 2 (7) 26

 Turbidity JTU FTU >16.5 1.5 (5) 21 29 NTUs above background

 ** Waterbody Type: Lake

 Alkalinity CaCO3 mg/l >20. 2 (28) 116 20.0 mg/l min.

 Chlorophyll ug/l >40. 1 (12) 70

 Nitrogen-total mg/l as N >2.0 0.4 (1.1) 2.5 Not cause imbalance

 Phosphorus-total mg/l as P >0.12 0.01 (0.05) 0.29 Not cause imbalance

 Secchi Disc Depth meters <0.7 0.4 (0.9) 2.7 Min. 90% background

 ** Waterbody Type: Estuary

 Chlorophyll ug/l >40 1 (9) 36

 Nitrogen-total mg/l as N >2.0 0.3 (0.8) 1.6 Not cause imbalance

 Phosphorus-total mg/l as P >0.12 0.01 (0.07) 0.20 Not cause imbalance

 Secchi Disc Depth meters <0.7 0.6 (1.1) 3.0 Min. 90% background

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 Toxic Pollutant Assessment

 The assessment of toxic pollutants in Florida!s waters was accomplished by an inventory

 of 9 STORET toxic metal parameters for 1991-93 (Table 9). The Florida surface water

 quality standards (Chapter 17-302, Florida Administrative Code) were used to assess

 whether the toxic pollutant was found at an elevated level. Several standards are based on

 hardness levels, however, since hardness levels were, not available in all cases, a hardness

 value of 100 mg/I as calcium carbonate was assumed. An elevated level was defined as

 any exceedance of the standard for any of the nine metals. Generally, each waterbody was

 sampled two or three times for several of the metals during the last three years.

 Nonpoint Source Assessment

 An extensive assessment of nonpoint source impacts on Florida!s waters was conducted in

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 1988 through the use of a questionnaire sent to all major State agencies (Water

 Management Districts, Division of Forestry, Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission),

 city and county offices, U.S. Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Forestry Service, Regional

 Planning Councils, local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, citizen environmental

 groups (Sierra Clubs, Audubon Society and others) and professional outdoor guides. The

 respondents (approximately 150 agencies and 350-400 participants) to the questionnaire

 identified nonpoint sources of pollution, environmental pollution symptoms (fish kills,

 algal blooms, etc.) pollutants and miscellaneous comments. The assessment has been

 updated in 1994. The 1994 nonpoint source assessment was performed more efficiently

 than the 1988 version due largely to the use of GIS technology for compiling and

 displaying the data, and also advancements in the questionnaire methodology. Scannable

 forms were used eliminating the need to key punch data and integration with the 305b

 report was much improved.

 Florida's 1994 nonpoint source assessment was performed using a qualitative, best

 professional judgment approach. Unlike point source pollution analysis and its readily

 available STORET ambient data, there is rarely any convenient database of water quality

 monitoring data that has been designed for analyzing impacts of nonpoint source pollution

 on surface waters. Therefore, the assessment procedure was designed to make use of the

 knowledge of experienced field personnel who had information about individual

 waterbodies. The 1994 survey was sent to essentially the same group of professionals as

 the 1988 report and approximately fifty respondents identified nonpoint sources of

 pollution, environmental symptoms of pollution (fish kills, algal blooms, etc.), degree of

 impairment (rating) of a waterbody and miscellaneous comments. A total of 1720

 watersheds or about 40 % @f the total watersheds were qualitatively assessed by the

 respondents. Data tables summarizing the 1994 NPS survey are presented for each basin

 in this report. The remainder of this section describes the information presented in these

 tables.

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 Table 9. Toxic Metals in the Water Column.

 Storet Number of

 Parameter Waterbodies Florida % of Waterbodies

 Metal Number Sampled Criteria (ppb) With Exceedances

 Arsenic 1002 1-02 50 0%

 Cadmium 1027 211 1.1 17%

 Chromium 1034 155 207* 0%

 Copper 1042 330 12* 10%

 Iron 1045 378 1000 22%

 Lead 1051 240 3.2* 30%

 Mercury 71900 129 0.012 47%

 Nickel 1067 130 158* 0%

 Zinc 1092 253 106 10%

 * actual criteria is dependent on water hardness which was -assumed to be 100 mg/l as calcium carbonate

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 The impairment rating of a waterbody was defined as status of waters within a watershed

 as determined by support or nonsupport of designated use. The status of a watershed was

 dependent on making a determination of designated use support that applied to all surface

 waters within the aerial extent of that watershed. Designated use refers to the

 classification or standards and criteria applied to all Florida waters.

 Impairment rating categories used were as follows:

 I . Good (meets designated use). All surface waters in the watershed are

 supporting their use classification with no evidence of nonpoint source

 problems.

 2. Threatened (meets designated use). All surface waters in the watershed are

 attaining their use classification, but in the absence of any future

 management activities, it is suspected that within five years at least some of

 the surface waters in the watershed will not support their designated use.

 3. Fair (partially meets designated use). Some, but not all, surface waters in

 the watershed are not supporting their designated use.

 4. Poor (does not meet use). All surface waters in the watershed are not

 supporting their designated use.

 Nonpoint source pollution is generally associated with land use activities which do not

 have a well-defined point of discharge, such as discharge from a pipe or smoke stack.

 Nonpoint contaminants are carried to waterbodies by direct runoff or percolation through

 the soil to groundwater. There are many different potential source areas. Some of the

 common activities and sources which were considered in the nonpoint source assessment

 include:

 I Construction site runoff. This type of source can provide sediment,

 chemicals and debris to surface waters.

 2. Urban stormwater. Runoff from buildings, streets and parking lots carries

 with it oil, grease, metals, fertilizers and other pollutants.

 3. Land disposal. Leachate from septic tanks and landfills may pollute

 groundwater or local surface waters. Contamination of surface waters can

 be by either by direct runoff or discharge from groundwater.

 4. Agricultural runoff. Runoff from fields and pastures carries with it

 sediments, pesticides and animal wastes ( which can be a source of bacteria

 and viruses and nutrients).

 5. Silvaculture operations. Logging activities which erode forest soils add

 turbidity and suspended solids to local surface waters.

 6. Mining. This type of activity can cause siltation in nearby waterbodies,

 release of radioactive materials to groundwater, discharge of acid mine

 drainage and depletion of water supplies in aquifers.

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 7. Hydrologic modification. Dams, canals, channelization and other

 alternations to the flow of a waterbody result in habitat destruction and in

 general water quality deterioration.

 Abbreviations were used for the nonpoint source categories in the NPS data tables which

 are found in each basin write-up on the following pages. Those abbreviations correspond

 to the sources as described below:

 AG Agricultural runoff

 RE Resource extraction or mining

 SL Silvaculture or for operations

 LD Land disposal

 UR Urban runoff

 CN Construction site runoff

 IM Hydrologic Modification

 OT Other nonpoint source

 IND Industrial site runoff

 STP Sewage treatment plant

 Data for the last two point source categories were not obtained from the 1994 NPS

 assessment survey, but rather they come from the 1992 305(b) Report.

 Respondents were provided with 15 choices of pollutants and 9 choices of symptoms for

 use in characterizing the status of a watershed. Pollutant choices or categories and their

 descriptions are provided below:

 I Nutrients. An imbalance of nitrogen and or phosphorus which resulted in

 algal blooms or nuisance aquatic plant growth. Standards for Class III

 waterbodies are based on this criteria.

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 2. Bacteria. This refers to the presence of high levels of coliform, strep and

 enteric fecal organisms which cause the closure of waters to swimming and

 shellfishing.

 3. Sediments. Soil erosion which results in high levels of turbidity.

 4. Oil and Grease. Hydrocarbon pollution resulting from highway runoff,

 marina, and industrial areas. Their presence is evidenced as a sheen on the

 water surface.

 5. Pesticides. These class of chemicals can be found in runoff from

 agricultural lands and some urban areas.

 6. Other Chemicals. General category for other chemicals besides pesticides

 and oil and grease, typically associated with landfills, industrial land uses

 and hazardous waste sites.

 7. Debris. This category includes trash ranging from Styrofbam plates and

 cups to yard clippings and dead animals.

 8. Oxygen Depletion. Low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water column

 resulting in odor problems (anoxic waters) and fish kills.

 9. Salinity. Changes in salinity caused by too much or too little freshwater

 inflows. Typical results are declines in the fishery and changes in species

 composition.

 10. pH. Change in the acidity of surface waters with resultant declines in

 fisheries and other changes to flora and fauna, such as reductions in

 diversity or abundance.

 11. Metals. Anthropogenically enriched levels of trace metals commonly

 associated with urbanized watersheds and marinas.

 12. Habitat Alteration. Landuse activities which adversely affect the resident

 flora and fauna. Included with habitat alteration is habitat loss.

 13. Flow Alteration. Landuse activities which influence the flow

 characteristics of a watershed resulting in adverse affects upon flora and

 fauna.

 14. Thermal Pollution. Activity which changes local temperature of receiving

 water relative to ambient temperature.

 15. Other Pollutants. General category used to describe activities and impacts

 not described in the other 14 categories.

 Responses of waterbodies to the above listed sources of pollutants were defined as

 symptoms. The nine symptoms used for categorization are defined as follows:

 I . Fish Kills. Dead and dying fish caused by designated source of pollution.

 2. Algal Blooms. Excessive growth of algae resulting from nutrient

 enrichment.

 3. Aquatic Plants. Density of exotic and nuisance plants such that impairment

 of the waterbody occurs. Nutrient enrichment is usually the cause.

 4. Turbidity. High suspended sediment loads in water column resulting from

 soil erosion. Effects on the waterbody include smothering of benthos and

 reduced light penetration with resultant loss of plant and algal productivity.

 5. Odor. Unpleasant smells resulting from low dissolved oxygen conditions

 (anoxia) and or fish kills.

 6. Declining Fisheries. Reduction in landings of or increases in catch per unit

 effort to catch game and commercial species indicating loss of productive

 fishery.

 7. No Swimming. Closure of recreational swimming areas due to public

 health risks, usually caused by high coliform bacteria counts.

 8. No Fishing. Closure of recreational or commercial fishing areas because of

 threats to human health from elevated bacteria counts or levels of

 contaminants.

 9. Other Symptoms. General category used for information that cannot be

 placed in any other category.

 Making Use Support Determinations

 EPA has revised its criteria for determining the status of waters as documented in

 Appendix B of the Guidelines for the Preparation of the 1994,State Water Quality

 Assessments (305(b) Report). Often, a variety of assessment techniques were available for

 each watershed (e.g., chemical data, biological data and NPS survey results) and in this

 case a use decision was made based on integrating all the information. If quantitative data

 were available on the water quality of a waterbody (through the Trophic State Index or

 Water Quality Index) then the designated use of the waterbody was determined from the

 quantitative information, and if no quantitative data were available, then the qualitative

 NPS survey results were used to estimate designated use of the waterbody. Current data

 was available for assessment of about 1100 watersheds, historic data was used in 400

 watersheds, and qualitative data was used in 1000 watersheds. The NP S survey provided

 all the information on sources of pollution (e.g. urban or construction runoff) and part of

 the information on causes and symptoms of pollution. Integrating the information from the

 quantitative (STORET) analysis and the qualitative NPS survey was not easy, but many

 additional watersheds were assessed based on the results of the integration. In the future,

 the two techniques should blend together much better through increased coordination of

 efforts.

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 )ANCENT IS AP

 GULF OF MEXICO

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 Buic Facts

 Drainage Area: 200 square miles

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 Major Land Uses: basin is mostly water

 Population Density: low (Apalachicola, Eastpoint, St. George Island)

 Major Pollution Sources: dredging, commercial fishing and fish

 processing

 Best Water Quality Areas: St. George Sound

 Worst Water Quality Areas: along shore marinas and/or seafood

 processing houses

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at one site

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Apalachicola River and Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

 Apalachicola Bay State Aquatic Preserve

 St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

 SWIM Waterbodies:

 Apalachicola Bay/St. George Sound

 Reference Reports:

 Apalachicola Bay Dredged Material Disposal Plan, DEP

 (Tallahassee), 1986

 Apalachicola Bay SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, 1992

 Apalachicola Bay BAS, DEP (Pensacola), 1986

 Apalachicola Bay Management Plan, DEP, 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Steve Leitman, Fla. Defenders of the Environment, 904/627-3 527

 Tom Savage, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-1344

 David Heil, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-5471

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8380

 Donald Ray, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8300

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 In the News

 * Projects for oyster culturing are ongoing.

 * See Apalachicola River Basin for other applicable news.

 In November 1993 the Bay was temporarily closed after 24 people reported

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 illnesses after eating oysters from the Bay. Center for Disease

 Control and Prevention reported on 6/24/94 that routine testing

 for bacteria in oyster beds apparently is insufficient to prevent

 food poisoning after finding despite testing just days prior to

 oyster harvesting in Apalachicola Bay 45 people came down with food

 poisoning. Ten people were hospitalized for more than a day.

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 Ecological Characterization

 The Apalachicola Bay Basin encompasses approximately 200 square imiles of estuary area

 including St. Vincent Sound, East Bay, Apalachicola bay and St. George Sound. The bay

 system is the terminus of a 20,000 square mile basin which extends to a point north of

 Atlanta, Georgia. The, Bay is defined by the barrier islands: St. George Island,. Cape St.

 George and St. Vincent Island. Communication with the Gulf of Mexico is through

 several natural channels: East Pass, West Pass and'Indian Pass, and through Sikes Cut, a

 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) maintained channel between Cape St. George and

 St. George Island. The major inflow into the bay is the Apalachicola River with an

 average flow of 25,000 cfs varying seasonally from less than 15,000 to greater than

 100,000cfs. The basin is primarily the bay water, but also encompasses drainage from the

 City of Apalachicola and the barrier islands.

 The drainage is sparsely developed. The north shore is lined by individual residences,

 forestry lands and three small urban areas. Apalachicola, the largest city in the basin, is

 near the mouth of the river. St. George Island is developed for residential use, mostly in

 the middle third of the island. These residences, hotels and small businesses use septic

 tanks. Other barrier islands are undeveloped. A bridge crosses the Bay from East Point to

 St. George Island.

 Productivity in Apalachicola Bay is based on the large amount of detritus entering the bay

 via the Apalachicola River. The bay waters are generally more turbid and less saline than

 many of Florida's other estuaries. However, away from the mouth of the river, particularly

 in St. George Sound, waters are clearer and support more seagrasses. The bay system

 supports a very productive shrimp fishery and is famous for its oysters.

 The entire bay as well as the Apalachicola River has been declared an Outstanding Florida

 Water. It is also the largest National Estuarine Research Reserve. The bay area is an

 Area of Critical State Concern which requires more intensive regulation of planning and

 development by the State. The Bay is a State Aquatic Preserve and a priority SWIM

 waterbody. UNESCO has designated the Bay as an International Biosphere Reserve.

 Clearly, the State and nation recognize its value.

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 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The Bay has good water quality. The most serious threats to the water quality in the bay

 are associated with nonpoint sources from the more urbanized areas in the basin. In the

 northern part of the bay, untreated stonnwater runoff from the City of Apalachicola and

 nearby fish-houses have had a localized impact on the bay. The City of Apalachicola must

 upgrade the domestic WWTP to current standards for wetland discharge. Problems

 associated with fish-houses include high BOD from fishing wastes and pollutants due to

 boat traffic, docking and fueling. These problems are also found in Eastpoint which is

 covered in the New River Basin.

 The Bay is often closed to shellfishing due to increased bacteria counts, usually associated

 with rainfall and high flows from the Apalachicola River.

 In the southern Bay area, there has been rapid development of St. George Island, and

 there is concern over septic tank leachate into the bay. The Department of Health and

 Rehabilitative Services conducted a 1986 study of septic tanks on the island and found

 that 23% of the 724 tanks were failing, and that many of them were poorly located with

 respect to water tables and the required 50-foot setback. A centralized wastewater

 treatment facility was proposed for construction, but both its design and payment

 responsibility were controversial. The compromise is a requirement that all new

 development use aerobic treatment systems and a program to require upgrading of

 existing systems. There is a boat basin on the island that receives runoff from a shopping

 area and wastes associated with the mooring, fueling, and off-loading activities of oyster

 boats. A permit to build a 150 wet slip/120 dry slip marina near Sikes Cut is currently

 being assessed.

 Other man-induced threats to the bay are over-fishing and dredging activities by the COE.

 Several controversies surround both issues. Maintenance channels within the bay and the

 river have temporary turbidity effects in the water column and have more lasting effects on

 the biological and sediment quality of the bay due to siltation.

 Ruppi , a submersed aquatic plant that serves as a nursery area for fish and wildlife was

 noted returning just outside the river mouth after dredging 16 years earlier. The dredged

 channel between the river and Green Point (watershed #2) with shoreline seafood

 processing facilities experienced low dissolved oxygen concentrations and a minor fishkill

 last summer.

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 SURFACE WATER Q'_-A=Y -_ATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1969-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR 70 1,989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINI

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR ISE DO DOSAT BOD COD TOO PH A

 WATER BODY TYPE: --S7:ARY

 I APALACIH:001A BAY 25 89 93 Current 15.0 0.6 40 20 8.0 89 1.1 4 7.6 7

 2 APALACHIC-0:A BAY 7 92 92 Current 24.0 0.5 50 36 7.2 86 6 8.0 7

 3 ST. GEORG-- SOUND 17 92 93 Current 4.2 0.8 95 6 5.7 64 15 7.7 5

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 ALK-ALK&LINITY 'C-/! CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY

 ART-ARTIFICIAL DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG11, 

 BEG YR-BEGINNNG SAM@?'_:NG YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130014 APALACHICOLA RAY

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREE14ED

 'X'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES A

 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA

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 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 I APALACHICOLA BAY I FAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x x 1 0 1

 2 APALACHICOLA BAY I UNKN Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x x 1 0 1

 3 ST. GEORGE SOUND I GOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 x 1 0 1

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS W

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CEJRRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,.CoD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

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 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'-DEGRADING TREND 1 1984 - 1993 TRENDS I

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 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TOOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND

 AIK-ALKALINITY FL40W-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QUIAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS A

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHL,OROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 LAKE SEMINOLE IN GEORGIA

 OCHEESEE POND 0 MOSQUITO CREEK

 FLAT CREEK

 STAFFORD C

 SUTTON CREEK

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 Basic Eacts

 Drainage Area: 2,000 square miles (in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, agriculture and wetlands

 Population Density: low (Chattahoochee, Blountstown, Apalachicola)

 Major Pollution Sources: dredging and boat/barge traffic

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of Apalachicola River, seepage tributaries

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Hog Branch, Kennedy Creek

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at three sites

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Apalachicola River

 Apalachicola River and Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

 SWIM Waterbodies: Apalachichola River

 Reference Reports:

 Apalachicola River Dredged Material Disposal Plan, DEP,

 (Tallahassee), 1984

 Apalachicola Bay SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, 1992

 Apalachicola Bay BAS, DEP (Pensacola), 1986

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Steve Leitman, Fla. Defenders of the Environment, 904/627-3527

 Tom Savage, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-1344

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/3 57-6631

 Ted Hoehn, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-0784

 Ken Jones, NWFWMD, 904/539-5999

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8380

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 The SWIM Plan for the Apalachicola Bay and River System has been

 approved.

 A controversial plan by the Corps of Engineers to divert more water from

 the upper basin for Atlanta and a water control plan for the reservoir

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 system has been dropped. In exchange, the states of Florida and

 Alabama have agreed to suspend a year-old lawsuit over water supply

 and the water control plan. The Corps of Engineers and the states

 have started a multi-million dollar, 3-year study of the water

 resource needs and demands of the tri-river system. Florida, Georgia

 and Alabama will each contribute $250,000 per year to the study.

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 Ecological Characterization

 The Apalachicola River is formed by the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers

 at Lake Seminole. In Florida, the Apalachicola River flows 107 miles southward from the

 Jim Woodruff Dam (near the City of Chattahoochee) to the Apalachicola Bay at

 Apalachicola. The entire Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint drainage area encompasses

 over 20,000 square miles with only 12% in Florida. The Apalachicola, with an average

 flow of about 25,000 cfs, has a greater flow than any other Florida river.

 Flow varies considerably with the season, ranging from about 12,000 cfs in the fall to over

 100,000 cfs in the winter and early spring. Flow variability is important to the ecological

 function of the river. During high flows, the river overflows its banks into its extensive

 floodplain (1-5 miles wide). The detritus carried by the river, particularly during flooding,

 provides the primary food source for Apalachicola Bay. The bay supports major fishing

 and shellfishing industries.

 The Apalachicola basin is unique in Florida since it is the only river that has its headwaters

 in the Appalachian Piedmont outside the coastal plain. Consequently, the area contains

 numerous Appalachian-originated species found nowhere else in Florida. Additionally, the

 high bluffs, deep ravines and seepage streams (steepheads) provide the basin with both

 beautiful scenery and special habitat. This area has the highest floral and faunal diversity

 in the State.

 Florida's portion of the basin is sparsely populated, and much of the adjacent land is in

 public ownership. Land use in the upper Apalachicola (above the Chipola River

 confluence) consists primarily of forestry and agriculture. In the lower Apalachicola, land

 is mostly forested or wetlands. The largest cities in this basin are Chattahoochee and

 Apalachicola.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Water quality in the majority of the Apalachicola River Basin is very good. The River is,

 together with the Bay, an Outstanding Florida Water and a National Estuarine Research

 Reserve. In fact, biological samples from some of the tributaries to the river indicate near

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 pristine conditions. These tributaries are Rock Creek, Flat Creek, Crooked Creek (and

 Sweetwater Creek, not shown on map). One tributary in the upper basin (Lower

 Ocheesee Creek) had severe erosion/siltation problems from unpaved roads and farm run-

 off.

 The river and bay are dredged and maintained for barge navigation by the U.S. Army

 Corps of Engineers. It is one of the Corps'most expensive (per ton-mile) projects in the

 country. In addition to the sporadic disruption by the dredges, the tug and barge traffic

 also stirs up the sediments. Barge cargo primarily consists of gravel, fertilizer, and oil.

 Prior to entering Florida, the river system receives numerous discharges ftom Atlanta and

 other urbanized areas (textile mills, wastewater treatment plants, steam power plants, and

 a nuclear power plant) and extensive runoff from the agricultural areas of Alabama and

 Georgia. Sediment and water quality pollution are somewhat contained at the Jim

 Woodruff Dam.

 In addition to upstream point sources, Florida has a few dischargers. Both Florida State

 Hospital and the City of Chattahoochee WWTP discharge to Mosquito Creek. Fifth year

 bioassessment for City of Chattahoochee WWTP was conducted in December 1993.

 Results did not find biological impairment in Mosquito Creek due to the City WWTP

 discharge. The findings did suggest nutrient enrichment is occurring in Mosquito Creek

 from point source discharges. Algal growth potential results from the Florida State

 Hospital WWTP and the Chattahoochee WW'1? are a cause for concern. Florida State

 Hospital will be evaluated in October 1994. South Mosquito Creek at C-379 B has severe

 stream habitation alteration due to impounding resulting in cattail replacing native

 vegetation. The Scholtz Steam Power Plant lies below Sneads and discharges into the

 Apalachicola River. The City of Blountstown WWTP discharges to Sutton Creek which

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 has had problems in the past. The City of Blountstown has been informed that alternatives

 to the current method of effluent disposal are necessary. They must either upgrade to

 AWT or go to upland disposal. DEP awaits their decision on which direction they will

 proceed. Finally, the Apalachicola City WWTP, which previously discharged to Scipio

 Creek has been upgraded and now discharges to wetlands, however the current discharge

 to wetlands is not adequate. They are currently operating under a Final Order to either

 further upgrade the facility or remove their discharge from their present location. Scipio

 Creek is also subject to pollution from considerable shrimp and fishing boat traffic and a

 marina. The marina is currently making renovations including a pump-out facility. These

 upgrades should help to improve the conditions in this creek.

 An Executive Coordinating Committee for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF)

 Basin was formed by a 1992 Memorandum of Agreement signed by the states of Florida,

 Alabama and Georgia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Its purpose is the oversight

 of the comprehensive study for the ACF and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river

 basins, the development of basinwide management plans and to discuss and attempt to

 resolve interstate disputes until a permanent coordination mechanism is in place.

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ------------------------- -- ---------- --------------- ---------- ----

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALk 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 9 HORSESHOE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.2 0.5 200 1 4.6 48 32 5.9 1 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 1 CAMEL LAKE REC AREA 20 85 86 Historical 1.8 4 4.5 0 

 24 AMMONIA LAKE SLOUGH 8 85 86 Historical 34.2 0.6 . . 7.4 80 7.0 

 35 OCHEESEE POND OUTLET 57 77 80 Historical 1.2 3.2 10 7.5 75 5.9 3 

 �WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 2 EQUILOXIC CREEK 4 92 92 Current 2.6 1.0 120 1 3.6 39 9 6.0 8 

 3 HUCKLEBERRY CREEK 8 86 86 Historical . 1.0 . 5 5.0 57 0.6 6.4 

 4 APALACHICOLA RIVER 11 92 92 Current 12.7 0.6 78 5 6.5 70 8 6.9 37

 5 APALACHICOLA RIVER 30 73 80 Historical 15.3 0.6 54 24 7.0 76 0.9 7.2 35

 6 SAUL CREEK 7 92 92 Current 7.4 0.2 60 2 7.7 79 5 6.4 31

 7 CYPRESS CREEK 17 73 73 Historical 13.5 0.1 150 6 2.3 26 0.6 6.1 27

 8 JACKSON RIVER 5 92 92 Current 9.4 0.9 60 7 6.8 68 5 6.9 32

 10 APALACHICOLA RIVER 574 89 93 current 16.8 0.6 40 12 6.9 75 0.6 3 7.1 36

 11 FORT GADSDEN CREEK 4 92 92 Current 3.3 0.8 200 1 1.7 43 23 4.3 1 

 12 CYPRESS CREEK 5 86 86 Historical 6.0 1.0 40 9 5.4 66 4.3 7.2 . 

 13 APALACHICOLA RIVER 12 76 83 Historical 21.0 0.7 60 20 8.0 82 1.0 7.0 41

 14 HOG BRANCH 3 79 79 Historical 26.0 . 120 6.3 

 15 APALACHICOLA RIVER 53 79 86 Historical 31.0 0.5 . . 7.6 83 5 7.0 

 16 BLACK CREEK 109 79 84 Historical 1.6 . 150 3 4.7 60

 17 KENNEDY CREEK 8 85 86 Historical 41.2 0.5 5.0 54 6.3 

 18 River of Styx 3 86 86 Historical 49.0 0.4 6.5 67 6.3 

 19 GREGORY MILL CREEK 8 92 93 Current 21.1 0.3 145 8 4.5 47 IS 6.2 3 

 20 FLORIDA RIVER 6 86 86 Historical 46.0 0.4 . . 5.6 57 6.2 

 21 SOUTH BRANCH 10 78 78 Historical 10.0 . 280 6.3 

 22 BIG GOLLY CREEK 16 78 86 Historical 5.0 0.8 285 3 8.2 74 6.3 1 

 23 LITTLE GULLY CREEK 9 92 93 Current 9.9 0.6 160 4 7.2 75 22 5.5 1 

 25 APALACHICOLA RIVER 12 89 91 Current 16.0 0.8 . . 7.8 89 7.0 33

 27 COON CREEK 7 92 92 Current 3.3 0.7 85 3 4.2 43 8 6.0 7 

 28 @UTTON CREEK 6 92 92 current 3.2 0.8 85 1 6.8 73 8 6.4 5 

 29 LITTLE SWEETWATER CR 16 79 80 Historical 2.0 . . 8.2 88 4 5.3 . 

 n STAFFORD CREEK 5 92 92 Current 4.1 0: 8 100 2 7.0 73 9 6.4 12

 31 APALACHICOLA RIVER 923 76 87 Historical 10.3 0.8 79 12 7.6 86 0.4 6 7.1 37

 32 CROOKED CREEK 8 92 93 Current 7.2 0.4 35 6 9.4 90 1 6.4 3 

 33 FLAT CREEK 5 92 92 Current 16.0 0.3 60 14 8.6 92 3 7.1 12

 34 SOUTH MOSQUITO CREEK 7 92 92 Current 11.0 0.4 60 6 8.8 89 5 6.7 12

 36 MOSQUITO CREEK 12 73 83 Historical 21.0 0.7 75 8.6 65 0.7 6.7 6 

 37 APALACHICOLA RIVER 574 89 93 Current 9.4 0.9 . 8.4 92 7.2 4i

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMP

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIPICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFOP14 MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 B M -BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FDOW-FLOW CPS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS Mb/L 

 m m m m m m m m m m m M m m m m m m m

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 MEDIAN VALUES FOP, EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES AND C

 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA I

 '.'=MISSING DATA I I I I I I I I

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH i ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN I 

 ------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND I 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR ITN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 I PH>8.8 I ALK<20 TURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 I DO

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I ITSS>18 I I COD>102 I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I TOC>27.51 

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 9 HORSESHOE CREEK IUNKN Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 1 CAMEL LAKE REC AREA IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1 1

 24 AMMONIA LAKE SLOUGH IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 1 x 1 0 1 1 x 1 

 35 OCHEESEE POND OUTLET IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 2 EQUILOXIC CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 3 HUCKLEBERRY CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 4 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 5 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 

 6 SAUL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 7 CYPRESS CREEK IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 8 JACKSON RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 10 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 11 FORT GADSDEN CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 12 CYPRESS CREEK IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 

 13 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 

 14 HOG BRANCH IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 x I I I 

 15 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 x I 1 0 1 

 16 BLACK CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x 1 0 1 0 1

 17 KENNEDY CREEK IUNKN Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 x I 1 

 18 River of Styx IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 x I 1 

 19 GREGORY MILL CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I x 1 0 1 

 20 FLORIDA RIVER IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 x 1 

 21 SOUTH BRANCH IGOOD Historical I . 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 22 BIG GOLLY CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 1 

 23 LITTLE GULLY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 25 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 27 COON CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 28 SUTTON CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 29 LITTLE SWEETWATER CR IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 30 STAFFORD CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 31 APALACHICOLA RIVER IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 32 CROOKED CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 33 FLAT CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 34 SOUTH MOSQUITO CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 36 MOSQUITO CREEK IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I 1 0 1 

 37 APALACHICOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS WQI O

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURkL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 t1j

 0C

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130011 APALACHICOLA RIVER

 TRENDS-S,-URCES-CLEANUP

 lxl-DEGRAD'NG TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STAB--- TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B Tj DDI T Fl T F l<--- PLEA

 '.'-MISS'.';G DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 001 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL 11 11 L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 1 KI ITRENDI I A I I BI I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I TI I Il I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I DEGRADAT

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- ----------

 � WATER BODY TY?E: ESTUARY

 9 HORSESHOE CREEK INO UNKNI I I . . . .I

 � WATER BODY 7Y?--: LAKE

 1 CAMEL REC AREA IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 24 AMMONIA LAKE SLOUGH IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .I

 35 OCHEES_--_ ?OND OUTLET IYES GOODI I I I I I I I I I

 �WATER BODY 7Y?E: STREAM

 2 EQUILOX:-- CREEK IYES GOOD] I I . . . .I

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 3 HUCKLEBERRY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 4 APALkCH:COLA RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 5 APALACl.:COLA RIVER IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 6 SAUL C.:L:--K IYES GOODI I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 7 CYPRESS CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I

 8 JACKSON R:VER IYES GOODI I I . . . .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 10 APALAC@i:=:.A RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 + 1 00 0 X1 + .1 001 0 .1 001 0 01 0 1

 11 FORT GADSDEN CREEK IYES GOODI I [ . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 12 CYPRESS C?_TEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 13 APAIACH:CO:.A RIVER IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 14 HOG BRANCH [PARTIAL FAIR[ I f I I I I I f I

 15 APALACF.-.--O:.A RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 16 BLACK CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 17 KENNEDY CREEK No UNKNI I I . . . .I

 18 River of 5--yx IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .I

 19 GREGORY M:LL CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .I

 20 FLORfDA RIVER IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .I

 21 SOUTH BRANCH IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 22 BIG GOLLY CREEK IYES GOOD] I I . . . .I

 23 LITTLE T_-_LY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 25 APALACH:COLA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 00 . 01 0 .1 0.1 1 001 1 0 1

 27 COON C.R-_EK @YES GOODI I I . . . .I

 28 SUTTON CREEK IYES GOOD] I I . . . .I

 29 LITTLE -17,r.7-TWATER CR IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 30 STAFFORD CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 31 APALACH:COLA RIVER IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .I

 32 CROOKED CREEK [YES GOODI I I . . . .I

 33 FLAT CR:---K IYES GOODI I I . . . .I

 34 SOUTH MOSQUITO CREEK [YES GOODI I I . . . .I

 36 MOSQUI:O CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I I I

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX F

 ALK-ALKALINITY FDOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX F

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLIL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 t_j

 m m m m m m m m m w m m m m m m @ w m

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 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '()'=STABLE TREND

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I (W T1 T T C Sl P Al T T1 B Tj D DI T Fl T F I IC--- PLEASE READ THESE COLUMN

 '.'-MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-JQ or Si N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II il L I KI R Sl D Cl sl 0 01 M 0 1

 WQI 7END@ A B A@ L L@ P W

 WATERSHED MEETS OR T I I

 ID NAME I USE ? TSI I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, PRESENT C

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I I I I I-------------------------------

 37 APALACHICOLA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 01 x 01 0 .1 10 01 . 01 0 0 1

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 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND ESTUARI

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-`KATER OULAITY INDEX FOR STREW AND SPRING

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DissoLvED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 R RIVE

 ER CREEK

 A':

 !44--

 en. .

 RIVER

 BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03140104 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

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 BLACKWATER RIVER BASIN

 ------------------------------------------------------

 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: 950 square miles (about 860 square miles in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, agriculture

 Population Density: very low (Milton, "ting Field NAS)

 Major Pollution Sources: locally around road construction areas,

 clay/sand roads

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of the basin

 Worst Water Quality Areas: areas assessed by nonpoint source survey

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at two sites, improving quality on

 upper Blackwater River

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Blackwater River/Juniper Creek (within State Forest)

 SWIM Waterbodies: part of Pensacola Bay System SWIM watershed

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Pensacola SWIM plan

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/357-6631

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8380

 ------------------------------------------------------

 ------------------------------------------------------

 In thr, h1my

 � Fish stocking project ongoing in hopes of improving striped bass

 population.

 * Recent severe flooding has apparently improved condition of fish

 habitat.

 � Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largemouth bass

 due to mercury contamination have been issued for the Blackwater

 River.

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 Ecological Characterization

 The Blackwater River originates north of Bradley, Alabama, and flows approximately 58

 miles prior to entering Blackwater Bay in northwestern Florida. The basin drains about

 860 square miles, mostly in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties. Average discharge of the

 Blackwater River is approximately 400 cfs at a location 35 miles upstream of the mouth.

 Major tributaries of the Blackwater River include Juniper Creek, Big Coldwater Creek,

 and Pond Creek. The basin's rivers are of the blackwater type, stained reddish-brown by

 tannic acids from swamp and forest drainage. The rivers also receive considerable

 groundwater flow from the sand and gravel aquifer. In general, the rivers are swift and

 shallow and characterized by beautiful white sand bars. The Blackwater River flows

 through Blackwater State Forest and is a favorite of canoeists.

 Land use in the basin is primarily state forest land, silviculture and some agriculture.

 There are no major urban areas in the basin.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Overall water quality in this basin is excellent, and the Blackwater River is designated an

 Outstanding Florida Water.

 The US Navy Whiting Field WWTP was issued a no discharge wasteload allocation in

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 March, 1994 due to water quality violations in Clear Creek discovered during the 5th year

 survey conducted in October 1993. The Navy is currently studying methods for upland

 disposal. A 5th year survey for the City of Milton WWTP is scheduled for August 1994.

 Ongoing gas pipeline construction across the District is causing turbidity, sedimentation,

 and habitat destruction at crossing locations in the basin. Many subdivisions have been

 constructed in the Pond Creek watershed between Pace and Chumuckla in the past couple

 of years with resuiting nonpoint source problems creating flooding, erosion, and

 sedimentation. The University of Florida Agricultural Research Center located in Pond

 Creek headwaters had dumped waste pesticides in the past and sludge from Pensacola

 wastewater treatment facilities was experimentally land applied without DEP monitoring.

 USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 0314

 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993@ USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 1 PELICAN BAYOU 3 88 88 Historical 4 . 0 20 3 6.5 

 3 BLACKWATER RIVER 8 80 80 Historical 5.0 1.2 30 9 6.7 

 4 BLACKWATER RIVER 29 89 93 Current 9.0 1.3 40 7 7.6 

 9 BLACKWATER RIVER 26 89 93 Current 13.0 0.8 50 4 8.0 

 17 CLEAR CREEK 17 92 93 Current 3.8 0.6 21 1 8.0 

 24 POND CREEK 45 90 93 Current 4.7 1.3 35 3 7.7 

 30 BLACKWATER RIVER 36 70 80 Historical 9.5 45 17 8.1 

 37 BIG JUNIPER CREEK 6 76 76 Historical 13.0 . 8.4 

 41 WEST FORK 14 91 92 Current 27.3 0.6 43 14 8.0 

 52 EAST FORK 16 90 92 Current 5.0 0.4 35 8 7.8 

 58 MANNING CREEK 6 92 92 Current 12.0 0.3 70 7 7.4 

 59 SWEETWATER CREEK 6 92 92 Current 4.8 1.0 60 2 8.1 

 73 PANTHER CREEK 6 92 92 Current 9.8 0.5 60 6 8.2 

 74 BLACKWATER RIVER 39 89 93 Current 3.0 0.7 50 3 7.9 

 78 MARE CREEK 8 92 93 Current 5.3 0.4 30 3 7.2 

 83 BIG JUNIPER CREEK 10 90 92 current 6.9 0.6 45 11 '1 .'1 

 92 ROCK CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.5 0.5 30 1 7.8 

 95 BIG COLDWATER CREEK 16 91 92 Current 10.3 38 7 8.3 

 97 BOGGY HOLLOW CREEK 4 75 75 Historical 1.0 75 8.0 

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L 

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA.-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/jOOML PH-PH STANDARD U

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FL40W CFS 

 4@

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140104 BLACKWATER RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

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 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA I

 '.'=MISSING DATA I I I I I I I I 

 I RANK DATA RECORDI TN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR ITN>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I IPH<5.2 I ITSS>18 I I COD>102

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I I I I I I TOC>27.

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I PELICAN BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 3 BLACKWATER RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 

 4 BLACKWATER RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 9 BLACKWATER RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 

 17 CLEAR CREEK IGOOD Current I a 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 24 POND CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 30 BLACKWATER RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 37 BIG JUNIPER CREEK IGOOD Historical I . 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 

 41 WEST FORK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I 1 0 

 52 EAST FORK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 58 MANNING CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 59 SWEETWATER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 '73 PANTHER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 74 BLACKWATER RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 78 MARE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 83 BIG JUNIPER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 92 ROCK CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 

 95 BIG COLDWATER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 

 97 BOGGY HOLLOW CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1%88 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,.COD,,T0C TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE 61VERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS,

 m m m m m m m m m M m m m m m m m m m

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140104 BLACKWATER RIVER

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 '0'=STABLE*TREND I-----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T T1 B TI D DI T Fl T F j<--- PLEASE READ

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 1 PELICAN BAYOU IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I

 3 BLACKWATER RIVER IYES GOODI I I I I

 4 BLACKWATER RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 a 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 .1 x X1 .1 0

 9 BLALCKWATER RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 + .1 0 .1 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0

 17 CLEAR CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 24 POND CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 30 BLACKWATER RIVER IYES GOODI I I I I I

 37 BIG JUNIPER CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I I

 41 WEST FORK (YES GOOD I t I . . . . I

 52 EAST FORK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 58 MANNING CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 59 SWEETWATER CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 73 PANTHER CREEK IYES GOOD] I I . . . . I

 74 BLACKWATER RIVER IYES GOODI + I + 1 0 0 0 01 x .1 + +1 + .1 0 01 0 +1 0

 78 MARE CREEK ]YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 83 BIG JUNIPER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 92 ROCK CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 95 BIG COLDWATER CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 97 BOGGY HOLLOW CREEK IYES GOODI I I I

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 FOOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKE

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FDOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX FOR STRE

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 w

 011

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "K" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS W

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 N B S P 0 S 

 U A E E T A H T T I U I T

 T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E 

 p W A 0 Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T.T L M P I G E D 

 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H

 D D N 5 S I A T L D E S N Y H L T W L 

 i 481 PELICAN BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 2- 383 LONG BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x x 

 3 24B BLACKWATER Rl'@-ER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 4 24A BLACKWATER R:V-.-R GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 5@ 354 HURRICANE BRANCH FAIR: x x x x x x 

 6* 352 TARKILN HEAD FAIR x x x x x 

 7. 356 BUCKET BRANCH POOR x x x x x 

 8- 276 READER CREEK FAIR x x x x x x 

 9 24 BLACKWATER R:V-zR GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 '0* 334 HURRICANE BRANCH FAIR: x x x x x x 

 - 322 ADAMS MILL CREEK FAIR 

 '21 312 SNOWDEN CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 '3- 

 325 ADAMS SPRING BRANCH FAIR x x x x x 

 

 .4, 313 CHICKEN HEAD THREAT x x x x x 

 314 COON CAMP FAIR K x 

 '6- 303 GREEN BRANCH FAIR x x 

 260 CLEAR CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 i8- 299 WOLFTRAP BRANCH FAIR x x 

 .9* 286 DRY BRANCH FAIR x x K x x x 

 20* 295 HYNOTE BRANCH FAIR x x x x x 

 21- 296 SHINGLE BRJANCH FAIR x x 

 22* 294 BONE CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 23- 292 MASH BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 24 i76 POND CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x 

 25, 287 MILL CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 26* 271 ATES CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 27- 284 RATTLESNAKE S?RING FAIR x x 

 28* 225 PENNY CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 29- 250 EARNEST MILL CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 30 24C BLACKWATER RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x K x x 

 31* 257 HORNS CREEK FAIR x x x x 

 32- 242 THREE HOLLOW HEAD FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 33* 248 POPLAR HEAD FAIR x x x x x 

 34* 229 ALLIGATOR CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 35* 247 LIGHTER KNOT CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 36* 236 BASS BRINKS CRZEK FAIR x x x x x x 

 37 241 BIG JUNIPER CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x K x x x 

 38* 221 WOLFE CREEK FAIR x x x x 

 39* 220 MIDDLE CREEK PAIR x x 

 40* 214 PITTMAN CREEK FAI R x x x 

 41 11A WEST FORK GOOD FAIi x x x x x x x 

 42@ 218 RED WASH BRANCH PAIR x x x x x x x 

 43- 213 MARE BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x 

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 44, 215 BIG BRANCH FAlk x x x x x 

 45- 211 MASON BRANCH FAIR x x x x 

 46* 193 BLUE CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 47- 196 PYRO14 SPRING 3RANCH FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 48* -94 DUNN BRANCH FAIR x x 

 49@ 166 BEAVER CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES No STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

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 N B S p 0 S 0 F 

 U A E E I A H T T I 

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E E H A 

 P W A Q 0 1 E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 

 s 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G E 

 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S I A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D 

 50- 186 LONG BRANCH FAIR X X X X X 

 51. 188 CLARK BRANCH FAIR X X 

 52 18A EAST FORK GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X 

 53* 184 MUDDY BRANCH FAIR X X 

 54* 179 BEAR CREEK FAIR X X X X X X X X X X 

 55* 173 NARROWS CREEK FAIR X X X X X X X X X 

 56* 171 HOG PEN BRANCH FAIR X X 

 57* 181 GUNSTOCK BRANCH FAIR X X 

 58 127 MANNING CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X 

 59 21 SWEETWATER CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X 

 60* 154 WOLF CREEK FAIR X X X X X 

 61* 153 SURVEYORS CREEK FAIR X X X X X X 

 62* 155 BLACKJACK CREEK FAIR X X X X X X X X X X 

 63* 152 THOMPSON SPRING BRANCH FAIR X X 

 64- 158 MINCY BRANCH FAIR X X 

 65- 156 BARREL BRANCH FAIR X X 

 66- 132 BULL PEN BRANCH FAIR 

 67* 129 DANLEY BRANCH FAIR X X 

 68* 104 TURKEY CREEK FAIR X X X X X X X X 

 69* 90 COBB BRANCH FAIR X X X X X X X X 

 70- 114 CEDAR CREEK FAIR X X X x X 

 71* 62 JUNIPER CREEK FAIR X X X X X X 

 72- 122 PRINGLE BRANCH FAIR X X X X X X X X X 

 73 27 PANTHER CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X X X 

 74 24D BLACKWATER RIVER GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 

 75* 98 BEAR BRANCH FAIR X X 

 76@ 11 BIG COLDWATER CREEK FAIR X X X X X X X X 

 77- 116 DOGWOOD BRANCH FAIR X X 

 78 88 MARE CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X X X 

 79* 99 LEWIS BRANCH FAIR X X X X X 

 80- 82 MALLOY BRANCH FAIR X X X X X X X X X X 

 81* 93 CLEAR CREEK FAIR X X X X X X 

 82* 96 CRANE BRANCH FAIR X X 

 83 19 BIG JUNIPER CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X x 

 84* 64 WOLF CREEK FAIR X X X x X X X X 

 85- 75 BUCK CREEK FAIR X X 

 86* 83 HURRICANE CREEK FAIR X X X X X 

 87* 13 DIXON BRANCH FAIR X x X X X 

 88* 70 BISHOP BRANCH FAIR X X X x X 

 69* 22 LONG BRANCH THREAT X X X 

 90* 50 OAK CREEK FAIR x X X X X X X X X X X 

 91* 65 UNNAMED CREEK FAIR X X X X X X 

 92 23 ROCK CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X 

 93* 37 LONG BRANCH THREAT x X X X X X X X 

 94* 31 GOODSON BRANCH FAIR x x X x X x 

 95 18 BIG COLDWATER CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X 

 96- 20 REEDY CREEK FAIR X X X X X 

 97 26 BOGGY HOLLOW CREEK GOOD FAIR X X X X X X X X X X X 

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 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSH

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 U A E E I A H T T I 

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E E H A

 P W A 0 Q I E M I R 8 Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0 D S F R

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G E D D E W I S

 I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G E L D R N M I

 98- 16 COBB CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 99. 17 YELLOW WATER CREEK THREAT x x 

 100@ 15 REEDY BRANCH THREAT x x 

 101. 12 HAWKINS CREEK FAIR x x x x x x 

 ALABAMA

 Chaftahoochee River

 ..... .........

 IF P

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 POOR

 inole

 CHATTAHOCHEE RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03130004 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 Basir, Fads

 Drainage Area: 1,300 square miles (about 15% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: agriculture, silviculture

 Population Density: low (in Florida, Sneads)

 Major Pollution Sources: upstream sources, agriculture

 Best Water Quality Areas: Chattahoochee River

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Thompson Pond

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at one site

 OFW Waterbodies: Three Rivers State Recreation Area

 SWIM Waterbodies: part of Apalachicola River and Bay SWIM watershed

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Apalachicola Bay System SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, Revised 1992

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/3 57-6631

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola), 904-444-83 80

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 --------------------------------- - -------------------

 In the NMS

 See Apalachicola River "In the News" for applicable items.

 Ecological Characterization

 The Chattahoochee River Basin in Florida consists of a short stem of the Chattahoochee

 River itself and Lake Seminole which is an impoundment at the confluence of the

 Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers. Both rivers have extensive drainages in the coastal plains

 and are considered alluvial in nature. Intense agricultural usage in these basins contribute

 heavily to the sediment load delivered to Lake Seminole and give these rivers a cloudy,

 reddish-brown look, atypical of most Florida streams.

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 Lake Seminole is about 40-45 square miles in surface area of which 18 are in Florida.

 Typical of many impoundments, the lake has a dendritic pattern with hundreds of coves.

 It is heavily fished and supports several marinas and fish camps. There is also a state park

 on the lake that is very active in summer months. There are no urban areas draining to the

 lake, but there are several small developments and houses along some of the banks.

 However, most of the shoreline has not been cleared.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The major impacts to the water quality of the Chattahoochee River are from upstream

 discharges and agricultural runoff. Heavy "red clay" siltation is very apparent in the

 Florida reach of the river, especially after rains. This is one of the few rivers in Florida

 that experiences the sediment/fami/chemical type of agricultural nonpoint pollution typical

 of most of the southeastern states.

 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains a dredged channel and locks for passage of

 commercial barge traffic through the Chattahoochee River, Jim Woodruff Dam and the

 Apalachicola River. The Corps manages lake levels and water delivery throughout the

 system.

 The Jim Woodruff Dam was built to provide hydroelectric power and some degree of

 water regulation. However, it is basically a "run of the river" dam with little storage

 capacity, especially at high flows. The sediment and organic detritus, located in the

 deeper portions of the lake near the dam, have a poor macroinvertebrate community,

 probably due to low oxygen and perhaps some metals in the sediments. The lake had

 some aquatic weed problems, and the Corps annually treated certain areas with herbicides

 (commonly Rodeo, Sonar, and Aquatol K).

 Lake Seminole now has a serious aquatic weed problem and a proposed water quality

 monitoring for the lake is to be funded by EPA and coordinated by DER

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 USGS 14YDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130004 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVE

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOP, 1970-1993 

 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CU?,IkFNI PSRIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOW 70 1989 15 EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 WATERSHED 

 WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVIVD OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALYALIN

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BOG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ----

 #OBS YA YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOS,%T SOD COD TOC PH AL

 WATER BODY TYPE,. LAKE

 I THOMPSON POND 3 93 93 Currei@t 110.0 8.5 

 2 POND DRAIN 4 93 93 Cucr--nt 4,b 55 3.5 6.6 

 3 Lake Seminole 2 89 89 Current 17.0 0.7 9.6 9b 6.6 

 WATER BODY TY@Z,. SIRMAM

 4 Chattahoochas River 15 89 92 Current 17.0 0.7 20 1 8.8 93 2 6.9 

 LEGEND: BOD-SIOCREMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN KGIL MAX 4OSS-MIMUM NUMBER OF SAMPLE

 ALK-ALKALINITY MGIL CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE Z31 COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR' NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN M/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-PECAL COLIFORM 14PNIIODML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 RECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX -OND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PNOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MGIL 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130004 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES AN

 '0'-WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=YISSING DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORDI TN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND IOXYGEN I 

 I------------------ I i TP I T? I I I TSS I IDEMAND I 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 I PR>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 I 

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I ICOD>102 I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- ITOC>27.51 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 1 THOMPSON POND I POOR Current I x I I x 1 0 1 x I

 2 POND DRAIN I GOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 t x 1 

 3 Lake Seminole I FAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 

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 4 Chattahoochee River I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS %V

 AIX-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGW HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECKIS BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-p TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130004 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=S'AB'--E TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'-IMPROVING TREND I 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B TI DDI TFl T P l<--- PLEASE READ THESE 

 '.'=MISS:NG DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or Sl N P H Di H Ll U Sl 001 001 CCl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II Il L 1@ KI R Sl D Cl sl 001 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al LLl P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I TI IIl I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, P

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I I I I ------------------------

 *'WATER BODY TYPE; LAKE

 1 THOMPSON POND No POORI I I . . . . I

 2 POND DRAIN IYES GOODI I I . . I . .1 . .1 . .1 .1 .1 1

 3 Lake Seminole IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 * WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 4 Chattahoochee River IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 + 01 0 .1 0 .1 1 0 01 .1 0 1

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 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFOP34 TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND 

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-VATER QULAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AN

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

 -SEE PAGE 11 FOP. LEGEND FOR THIS TABLE-

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 N B S P 0 s 0 F T 

 U A E E T A H T I I U I T

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S R 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E E H A B 

 P W A Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0

 B s 3 E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G E D D

 T I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G F L D R N M T

 1 272 THOMPSON POND POOR THREAT x x x x x x x x 

 2 170 POND DRAIN GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 3 60 Lake Seminole FAIR THREAT x x x x x 

 4 60A Chattahoochee River GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 51 85 BRENSON POND OUTLET THREAT x x x x x 

 6- 85A Irwin Mill Creek THREAT x x x x x 

 ALABAMA

 OWARTS CREEK

 SPRING B

 CREEK

 FOUR MILE CRE

 JUNIPER CREE 10

 SWEETWATER CR

 LAKES

 CHIPOLA RIVER

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 03130012 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN p@agqe .471

 CHIPOLA RIVER BASIN

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 Basic Facts

 Drainage Area: 1,025 square miles (about 85% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, agriculture, rangeland

 Population Density: low (Wewahitchka, Marianna)

 Major Pollution Sources: Marianna WWTP, cattle access to river, farm

 runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of basin

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Otter Creek

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at eight sites

 OFW Waterbodies: Chipola River

 SWIM Waterbodies: part of Apalachicola River and Bay SWIM watershed

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Apalachicola SWIM plan

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/3 57-6631

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola), 904-444-8380

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 In the N=s

 * Dead Lakes dam removed in 1988.

 * Stone Container Corporation clear-cut bottomland hardwood forests

 causing turbidity violations in Marshall and Cowarts Creeks. A

 Consent Order was signed with an $11,000 settlement.

 Ecological Characterization

 The Chipola River is one of Florida!s most unusual and diverse waterways and has an

 Outstanding Florida Water designation. From its spring-fed sources in southern Alabama,

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 it flows about 110 miles and is the major tributary of the Apalachicola River. The

 drainage basin is about 1,025 square miles, and the average flow is 1,500 cfs.

 The river originates in the Marianna Highlands from several springs and the confluence, of

 Marshall and Cowarts Creeks. Typical of many spring-fed rivers, it carries a small

 sediment load, is low in color, and has a relatively steady flow. The upper portion of the

 basin has a diverse terrain with bluffs, sand hills, swamps, sinks, and both terrestrial and

 underwater caves. The river goes underground for a short distance near Marianna.

 Several spring-runs and some surface drainage tributaries join the Chipola after it emerges.

 However, several miles below Fourmile Creek the river flows out of the limestone

 highlands and empties into a low swampy area. Here, the tributary inflow is mostly

 blackwater.

 Old levees of the Apalachicola River naturally impound the lower Chipola forming Dead

 Lake. A dam built in the 1960s to enhance the natural impoundment was recently

 removed. At the lower end of the lake, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the

 Chipola Cut-off, a once natural diversion, that now captures about one-fourth of the

 Apalachicola River's flow. From here, the two rivers follow a roughly parallel course until

 they meet about eight map-miles downstream.

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 Exceptional water quality and habitat diversity support rich wildlife communities. The

 river is heavily used for canoeing, boating, tubing and fishing. There are several recreation

 areas and fish camps.

 There are only two urban areas in the basin (Marianna and Wewahitchka), both small.

 However, because most of the basin lies in the highland area, there is more intensive.land

 use than the more typical swampland drainage of North Florida rivers. The upper basin

 has agricultural rangeland and silviculture areas. The lower basin is mostly wetlands and

 silviculture.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Water quality in the Chipola River basin generally appears to be good; however, only

 about one-half of the stream reach mileage has been sampled for water quality. A Basin

 Assessment of the Chipola River was performed by Northwest District DEP, and two

 WLA studies of point sources have been performed. The upper reaches have some

 localized areas of relatively high nitrates, BOD and siltation predominantly from

 agricultural and silviculture nonpoint sources, but the river retains its "good" WQI rating.

 The river tends to have relatively high levels of nitrogen compared to surrounding

 waterbodies, but low phosphorus levels. A recent algal assay also indicates the river is

 severely phosphorus limited. Any increase in phosphorus loading could greatly enhance

 algal growth of the river and downstream lake.

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 The middle reaches have several small WWTPs. The basin assessment found high

 coliform counts below the Marianna WWTP, and reported a trend of increasing nitrate

 levels in the river over the last ten years. These reaches also have seasonally high nutrient

 and chlorophyll values, and are considered to have fair to good water quality. The Basin

 Assessment also indicates there have been aquatic weed and eutrophication problems in

 Dead Lake due to agricultural runoff. Macroinvertebrate diversity is reported to be

 seasonally low downstream of the lake. The Dead Lake dam has recently been opened to

 allow natural stream flow. The water level of Dead Lake naturally fluctuates depending

 on flow in the Apalachicola River. The river water level has been high since the removal

 of the dam, so little difference in the lake levels has been noted. It is not certain how the

 change will affect the lower Chipola and Apalachicola Rivers. The Dry Creek, area has

 heavy metal contamination from a battery salvage operation. This contamination is now

 being cleaned up through the use of Federal funds. The Basin Assessment also found high

 mercury levels below Marianna.

 Fifth year bioassessments for Arrowhead Campground V;WTP and City of Marianna

 WWTP are scheduled for September and November 1994. The Holiday Inn of Marianna

 WWTP, traditionally a problem source, has been connected to the City V;WTP.

 The Spring Creek (watershed #27, south of Campbellton) stream channel was moved and

 culverted (habitat destruction) along with other dredge and fill impacts from construction

 on US Highway 23 1.

 Bridge Creek at SR 71 within a mile of 1-10 had to be abandoned as an ecoregion

 monitoring site because of clear cutting of the stream side climax forest and a newly

 permitted industrial site on the north bank.

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES -OR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PR70.R 70 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ----------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC

 � WATER BODY :YPE: LAKE

 1 MERRITTS MILL POND 44 91 93 Current 1.0 1.0 3 3 11.7 118 1

 2 CHIPOLA. RIVER 75 89 93 current 14.5 0.9 40 2 7.0 91 5

 27 MUDDY BRANCH 3 93 93 Current 140.0 

 �WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 3 CHIPOLA RIVER 18 89 93 Current 12.5 1.0 7.2 79 

 4 SWEETWATER CREEK 5 92 92 Current 2.0 1.0 25 1 8.4 90 1

 5 CHIPOLA RIVER 13 92 93 Current 3.7 0.8 20 3 7.4 81 2

 6 Crooked Creek 18 89 93 Current 12.0 1.6 . . 6.8 75 

 7 CLEARWATER BRANCH 8 92 93 Current 1.6 0.4 18 1 7.2 75 3

 8 CHIPOLA RIVER 54 89 93 Current 4.2 1.4 23 8 7.7 85 0.5 6

 9 JUNIPER CREEK 4 92 92 Current 1.7 0.8 50 1 8. 0 85 3

 10 WILDCAT CREEK 6 93 93 Current 2.5 0.4 50 1 7.8 86 5

 11 OTTER CREEK 8 93 93 Current 4.3 0.4 70 4 7.0 79 9

 12 FOUR M:IE CREEK 5 92 92 Current 2.6 0.7 40 2 8.7 93 3

 13 WHITEWA CREEK 7 93 93 Current 3.4 0.5 60 2 7.6 68 5

 14 TENMILE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.9 0.4 100 2 8.0 88 6

 15 CHIPOLA RIVER 2 84 84 Historical 15.0 0.8 50 6 10.7 93 0.9 

 16 PUM?K:.\ CREEK 6 92 92 Current 3.0 0.5 60 1 7.6 80 6

 17 FOXWOR- MILL CREEK 5 92 92 Current 1.5 0.8 120 1 8.2 82 9

 SHORES 

 18 _ M:LL CREEK 3 80 80 Historical 4.6 0

 19 S:NK CREEK 5 93 93 Current 4.5 0.5 60 3 7.5 81 7

 20 ROCKY CREEK 4 92 92 Current 4.6 0.8 15 3 7.9 88 2

 21 DRY CR.:T_K 8 92 92 Current 8.4 0.7 115 3 6.0 62 0.6 11

 24 SPRING R:EK 3 92 92 Current 3.0 5 3 8.1 93 0.2 2

 25 RUSS M:*-', CREEK 24 87 87 Historical 20 3.5 37 5.0 

 26 CHIPOLA RIVER 37 89 93 Current 4.1 1.0 25 5 6.9 74 0.5 3

 28 WADDELLS @ILL CREEK 4 92 92 Current 9.5 . 55 5 5.2 55 0.3 5

 29 SPRING BIANCH 2 92 92 Current 6.5 0.3 65 4 6.9 77 5

 30 Marsha-'- Creek 9 89 92 Current 8.0 . 45 9 6.8 73 0.3 6

 31 COWARTS CREEK 15 89 92 Current 8.0 1.2 30 6 7.0 76 0.2 4

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMB

 ALK-ALKALIN17,Y MGIL CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE

 ART-ARTIFICIA:. SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN 

 BEG YR-BEGIN.%':','G SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S B:OTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS

 m m m m m m m m m M M m m M m m M M M

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130012 CHIPOLA RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA I SCREENING VARIABLES 

 '0'--WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I 7URB & I COND I OXYGEN 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I t t I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TX>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I IPH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>102

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I TOC>27.

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 I MERRITTS MILL POND IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 2 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Current a a a 0 0 0 

 27 MUDDY BRANCH IUNKN Current x x 0 1 x I x 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 3 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 4 SWEETWATER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 5 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 6 Crooked Creek IGOOD Current 1 0 0 t V. Y. 0 k 

 7 CLEARWATER BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 8 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 9 JUNIPER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 10 WILDCAT CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 0 

 11 OTTER CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 0 

 12 FOUR MILE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 13 WHITEWATER CREEK IGOOD Current a 0 x x 0 0 

 14 TENMILE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 a I x x 1 0 1 0 

 15 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 16 PUMPKIN CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 

 17 FOXWORTH MILL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 

 18 SHORES MILL CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I I I 

 19 SINK CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

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 20 ROCKY CREEK tGOOD Current q (3 0 0 0 0 

 21 DRY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 24 SPRING CREEK IGOOD Current I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 25 RUSS MILL CREEK IUNKN Historical I x I x I 1 0 1 1 x I I x 

 26 CHIPOLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 28 WADDELLS MILL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 

 29 SPRING BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 30 Marshall Creek IGOOD Current t a 0 0 f) 1 0 

 31 COWARTS CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 AIX-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRM-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 f-h

 t_j

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130012 CHIPOLA RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS I

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I W TI T T C S1 P Al T TI B T1 D D1 T F1 T F 1<--- PLEASE

 '.'=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or S1 N P H DI H Ll U S1 0 01 001 C C1 E L I

 I------------- I ALL II il L I KI R S1 D C1 S1 0 01 M 0 1

 I WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I A@ L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED IMEETS OR I I I I I I I TI I Il I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATIO

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- ------------

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 I MERRITTS MILL POND IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 + .1 0 .1 1 ..1 .1 1

 2 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X1 x.1 0 .I 1 001 .1 0 1

 27 MUDDY BRANCH INO UNIN I - I . I . . . . I

 �WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 3 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 01 0.1 0 .1 .1 KX1 .1 0 1

 4 SWEETWATER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 5 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 6 Crooked Creek IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 01 x.1 0 .1 1 001 .1 + 1

 7 CLEARWATER BRANCH [YES GOOD I . I I . . . . I ..1 . .1 1 ..1 .1 - I

 8 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOOD 1 0 1 1 0 o 01 001 0 xi 0 1 001 0 01 0 0 1

 9 JUNIPER CREEK IYES GOOD I . I I . . I ..1 . .1 . I 1.1 . .1 . . I

 10 WILDCAT CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 11 OTTER CREEK ]PARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 12 FOUR MILE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 13 WHITEWATER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 14 TLNMILE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 15 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 16 PUMPKIN CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 17 FOKWURTH MILL CREEK (YES GOOD f ? t . .

 18 SHORES MILL CREEK IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I

 19 SINK CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 20 ROCKY CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 21 DRY CREEK IYES GOODI

 24 SPRING CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 25 RUSS MILL CREEK IND UNIN I I I . . . . I

 26 CHIPOLA RIVER IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 + .1 0.1 0 01 0 1 xX1 + +1 x

 2B WADDELLS MILL CREEK IYES GOOD I . I . i . . I ..1 . .1 . I -.1 - .1 -

 29 SPRING BRANCH IYES GOOD I . I . I . . . . I ..1 . .1 . .1 -.1 . .1 .

 30 Marshall Creek IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .1 x.1 0 01 + 1 001 0 01 0

 31 COWARTS CREEK IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 .1 0.1 0 01 0 1 001 0 01 0 1

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULhITY INDEX FOR

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

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 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

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 I 1 0 p N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T 

 I 180A MERRITTS MILL POND GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x 

 2 51A CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 3 51B CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 5 sic CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 8 51D CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x K x x x x x x x x X X K X 

 15 51 CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 20 309 ROCKY CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 21 279 DRY CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 22- 320 BRIDGE CREEK THREAT x x x x x 

 23- 267 LITTLE ROCKY CREEK THREAT x x x 

 24 180 SPRING CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x K K X X 

 26 51E CHIPOLA RIVER GOOD T14REAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x x X X K X 

 28 174 WADDELLS MILL CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 31 52 COWARTS CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

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 CROCTAWHATCHEE BAY BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: 699 square miles

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, urban development

 Population Density: concentrated in 2 urban areas (Ft. Walton Beach,

 Destin)

 Major Pollution Sources: urban and WWTP sprayfield runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of the basin

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Joe!s BAYOU

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at I site, Magnolia Creek improving

 OFW Waterbodies: Basin Bayou State Recreation Area

 SWIM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Choctawhatchee Bay Report, Livingston, NWFWMD, 1988

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 David Heil, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-5471

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 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola), 904-444-8380

 Ecoloizical Characterization

 Choctawhatchee Bay basin encompasses 699 square miles with the bay itself covering 129

 square miles. The bay has little communication with the Gulf of Mexico, with only one

 inlet, East Pass, on the western end of the bay. Freshwater inputs are the Choctawhatchee

 River, at 7,000 cfs, entering at the easterrunost end of the bay, and several small creeks

 entering the bayous along the northern shore of the bay.

 Development along the north and west is sparse, with Eglin Air Force Base occupying

 most of the northern drainage. The City of Ft. Walton Beach is on the eastern shore, and

 Destin is situated at East Pass. Residential, hotel and condominium development is

 occurring rapidly all along the peninsula that forms the southern boundary of the bay. An

 endangered fish species, the Okaloosa Darter, is found in the streams draining into Boggy

 and Rocky Bayous.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Historically water quality in this basin has been good. However, there have been several

 problem areas associated with rapid development occurring along the coast. In the 1970s,

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 treated wastewater effluents caused eutrophication, fish kills and grass bed die-offs in

 portions'ofthe-bay. The WV*7TPs have since been converted wspray irrigation discharge.

 A basin assessment conducted by the DEP Northwest District in 1984 indicated that

 water quality did improve once the WWTPs were upgraded.

 Recently, however, water quality in the bay ig again being degraded due to the continuing

 development of the watershed area. The nonpoint pollution sources associated with this

 development include highway runoff, ditching and draining of wetlands and surficial water

 table seepage from package plant perc-ponds and WWTP spayfields. In particular, the

 poorly circulating water of Old Pass Lagoon at Destin, Florida has shown high levels,of

 eutrophication and fish kills in the past. Local education programs and ordinances along

 with increased emphasis on stormwater treatment appear to be:-reversing. the pollution

 trend. Fish kills have not been reported in recent years. A Gulf-*to-Lagoon pipeline and

 pump has been partially constructed by the Northwest Florida Water Management District

 to facilitate lagoon flushing. In April 1994, Dissolved oxygen violations were found

 during flush, pump operations in Old Pass Lagoon (Destin Harbor) and'Holiday Isle canals.

 Several bayous that discharge into the Bay have had and continue to have water quality

 problems. Also, Dons Bayou near Ft. Walton has experienced a low grade, chronic fish

 kill from unknown sources. Recent studies indicate localized metals contamination in.

 sediments near urban areas. The NOAA National Status and Trends Program, which

 monitors trends of chemical contamination, found high concentrations of lead, silver,

 DDT, chlordane, PCB, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediment at Shirk Point,

 near the mouth of Boggy Bayou. Fish kills have also been reported in Jose Bayou in

 Destin, Jolly Bay at Black Creek and in LaGrange Bayou. The latter has a small shipyard

 located near Freeport.

 Another major area of concern for the basin was a proposed bridge from White Point

 across the bay to Piney Point which- had been permitted. Potential sources of ecological

 damage include: destruction of grass beds, decreased circulation of bay waters,

 destruction of wetlands from Piney Point to the connecting highway, and construction

 associated turbidity. The bridge will also promote even faster growth in the area, further

 stressing the existing infrastructure.

 An existing bridge across the bay is in service however, mitigation of seagrass nursery

 beds destroyed during construction has not yet suceeded.

 Commercial fisherman report crab kills in the vicinity of Peach Creek at the mouth of the

 Intracoastal Waterway. Monitoring found low dissolved oxygen concentrations in Peach

 Creek and the stream had been historically channelized in a mistaken attempt at mosquito

 control. A new WWTP (Point Washington WWTP) near Peach Creek has been

 permitted for construction because of the area's increased development.

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 SURFACE WA--_R Q@'A!:-,Y DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VAL@:SS FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT, OFF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD 70 '989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED 

 ID ';A-: ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- ---------------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT 

 � WATER BO:@Y -.Y?7-: 7-S-,:ARY

 14 1,DA; BAYOU 5 85 85 Historical 1.5 12 7.7 88 

 17 CHOC7'_WA7.C:-.*_--_7 BAY AS C 50 92 93 Current 3.7 1.0 33 9 6.0 65 

 18 JIOES BAYOU 2 87 87 Historical 7.0 . 30 8 7.7 85 

 21 CHOC-0%`A7C@-.'-_E_ BAY AB C 83 71 87 Historical 5.5 1.5 10 8 8.1 94 

 23 BAY AB C 70 72 82 Historical 1.3 1.4 20 4 6.6 74 

 24 C:N@110 BAYOU 34 70 73 Historical 6.5 . 6 . 9.0 98 

 25 CHOC-OWATCHEE BAY AS C 21 89 93 Current 2.0 2.2 15 13 8.2 go 

 27 GAR.1;:ER BAYOU 8 92 92 Current 1.6 1.7 15 14 6.7 74 

 35 BAY-,U 9 72 72 Historical 5.0 . 9 . 10.8 113 

 37 ALAQUA CR-SE-K OU:--T-T 7 92 92 Current 4.7 0.8 50 1B 7.3 87 

 41 A:AQr.A 3AY--,,: 8 92 92 Current 10.0 0.6 60 19 6.6 72 

 43 BOGGY BAY-^'- 8 92 92 Current 1.6 1.2 20 9 6.7 78 

 44 BAS"* B-AY07, 8 92 92 Current 2.8 0.8 70 8 7.2 79 

 48 ROC'<Y BAY^,,: 7 92 92 Current 2.4 0.8 40 6 6.7 83 

 � WATER BOLY :Y?--: =z

 10 OYSTER 3 80 80 Historical 0.7 200 

 � WATER BO@Y 7Y?-7: STPEAM

 28 LAG;Lkl;Gr- BAYOU 12 92 93 Current 5.0 0.9 50 10 5.4 58 

 49 TOYS CREEK 13 ?2 74 Historical 10.0 10 7 9.0 85 

 50 L:G'H7WOOD 'i-NOT CREEK 38 72 79 Historical 8.3 23 10.2 94 

 51 GARN:Z3, CR_--_K 32 78 79 Historical 1.0 30 8.0 79 

 52 LA:AY_-:7z_ CREEK 10 92 92 Current 3.2 1.5 50 2 7.3 82 

 K-kQr..k C _.

 53 31 K 8 92 93 Current 4.0 1.4 35 2 7.8 83 

 58 TURKEY "RZEK 3 78 78 Historical 2.5 . 30 . 7.8 82 

 67 Sw:" _?1ZFK' 5 92 92 Current 1.5 0.8 20 1 7.7 94 

 68 CREEK 7 92 92 Current 2.0 1.0 18 1 8.9 87 

 70 YA_'-N0!:A CREEK 8 89 91 Current 48 . 7.7 90 

 74 WA7ER:N@ CREEK 5 92 92 Current 2.2 0.4 50 1 7.9 89 

 75 ALAQr.A CREEK 7 92 92 Current 8.0 0.9 50 7 7.2 82 

 79 @*k@7:y C-1:7K 6 92 92 Current 1.1 1.2 10 1 8.9 94 

 66 @;CKI' CREEK 5 92 92 Current 4.9 0.9 50 1 7.7 86 

 89 L"-11 AIAQUA CREEK 5 92 92 Current 2.8 0.6 56 2 7.9 86 

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX

 ALK-ALKA.L.N:-Y YG/_ CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION NAT

 ART-ART-_-:=k@ S@:BS7RA7Z DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NIT

 BEG SA-?'--';G YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-

 BECK-BECK'S 3-:0::C 21@DZX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FL.OW-FLCW CFS PHO

 mmmm mmmm m m m m

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140102 CHOCTAWHATCHEE BAY

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'X'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES AN

 '0'--WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN I 

 I------------------ TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND I 

 I WQI CURRENT k k t 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 I 

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I IPH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>102 I 

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 WATER BODY TYPE-. ESTUARY

 14 INDIAN BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 17 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AB C IGOOD Current I a I 1 0 1 a 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 18 JOES BAYOU IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 1 x I I 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

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 21 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AB C IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 23 CHOTOWATCHEE BAY AB c IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 24 CINCO BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 0 1 

 25 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AB C IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 a I 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 27 GARNIER BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 35 POQUITO BAYOU (GOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 37 ALAQUA CREEK OUTLET IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 41 ALAQUA BAYOU IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x I x 1 0 1 

 43 BOGGY BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 44 BASIN BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 a I x 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 48 ROCKY BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 WATER BODY TYPE- LAKE

 10 LAKE OYSTER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I I x 1 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 28 LAGRANGE BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 49 TOMS CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 50 LIGHTWOOD KNOT CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 51 GAANIEFL CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 52 LAFAYETTE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 53 ALAQUA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 58 TURKEY CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 67 SWIFT CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 a 1 

 68 JUNIPER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 70 MAGNOLIA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 

 74 WATERING CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 75 ALAQUA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 79 TURKEY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 86 ROCKY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 89 LITTLE ALAQUA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS WQ

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 C14LA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140102 CHOCTAWHATCHRE BAY

 TRENDS -SOURCES - CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'-IMPROVING TREND I iW TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B TI D D1 T Fl T F j<--- PLEASE R

 '.'=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK CIVER-IQ or Sl N P H D1 H Ll U Si 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II il L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED i MEETS OR I I I I I Tj I Il I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I DEGRADATION 

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- --------------

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 14 INDIAN BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I . . . . i

 I I CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AS C IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 18 JOSS BAYOU IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 21 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AS C IYES GOOD 1 1 1 . . . . I

 23 CHOTOWATCHEE BAY AS C @YES GOOD I i I i i i I 1 1

 24 CINCO BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I 1 1

 25 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AS C IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 010 . 1 0 01 + .1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 27 GARNIER BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I . .1 - .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . 1

 35 POQUITO BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I 1 1

 37 AL.AQUA CREEK OUTLET IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 41 ALAQUA BAYOU IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 43 BOGGY BAYOU @YES GOOD) I i . I). .) . .1 . .1 . j .1 1

 44 BASIN BAYOU IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 48 ROCKY BAYOU YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 10 LAKE OYSTER @YES GOOD I I I I I I I I I I

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 28 LAGRANGE BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 49 TOMS CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 50 LIGHTWOOD KNOT CREEK IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I I I

 51 GARNIER CREEK IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I 1 1

 52 LAFAYETTE CREEK iYES GOODI I I . . . . I . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 .1 1

 53 ALAQUA CREEK IYES GOOD I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 58 TURKEY CREEK (YES GOOD I f t t I

 67 SWIFT CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 68 JUNIPER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 70 MAGNOLIA CREEK IYES GOODI I I + 0 . .10 .1 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 0 1

 74 WATERING CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . . 1 .1

 75 ALAQUA CREEK IYES I GOOD I I I . . 1 .1

 79 TURKEY CREEK IYES GOOD I I I . . . .

 86 ROCKY CREEK (YES GO= j

 89 LITTLE ALAQUA CREEK IYES GOOD I

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 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR L

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX FOR S

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TCC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHIA- CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DD-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

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 N B S P 0 S 0 F 

 U A E E T A H T T I U I T

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R I I T E E x I M B E E H A 

 P W A Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0 D S F R

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T I L M P I G 

 T I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S T U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L 

 1- 1029 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF THREAT x x x x x K 

 2* 980 MCQUAGE BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 3- 972 BOWMAN BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 4* 981 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 5* 978 LITTLE BAYOU FAIR x x X x x x x x x x x x x 

 6* 881 DIRECT RUNOFF TO RAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x 

 7* 976 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x K x 

 8- 957 MUSSETT BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 9* 944 HEWETT BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 10 959 LAKE OYSTER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x 

 11* 897 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 12* 943 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x 

 13* 937 MACK BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 14 917 INDIAN BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 15. 938 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 16* 936 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 17 778D CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AB C GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 le 906 JOES BAYOU FAIR FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 19. 905 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x 

 20* 874 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x 

 21 778A CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY AB C GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 22* 851 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 23 778C CHOTOWATCHEE BAY AB C GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 24 843 CINCO BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 25 778B CHOCTOWATCHEE RAY AB C GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 26* 803C Choctawhatchee Bay ab THREAT x x x x 

 27 786 GARNIER BAYOU GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x 

 28 789 LAGRANGE BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 29* 803 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY THREAT x x x x 

 30* 772 LITTLE TROUT CREEK FAIR x x x x 

 31- 761 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 32* 774 BEAR CREEK THREAT x x 

 33- 778 CHOCTAWHATCHEB BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 34* 759 DIRECT RUNOFF TO RAY FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 35 754 POQUITO BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 36- 762 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY THREAT x x x x x x 

 37 770 ALAQUA CREEK OUTLET GOOD THREAT x x x x 

 38* 760 AIRPORT DRAIN FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 39* 751 EAGLE CREEK THREAT x x x x x 

 40- 773 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY THREAT x x x x x x 

 41 731 ALAQUA BAYOU FAIR THREAT x x x x x x x 

 42* 768 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY THREAT x x x x x 

 43 692 BOGGY BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x 

 44 742 BASIN BAYOU GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 45* 717 TROUT CREEK THREAT x x x x x 

 46* 712 MULLET CREEK THREAT x x x x x x 

 41* 124 LINTON SPRING BRANCH THREAT x x x x x 

 48 722 ROCKY BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x 

 50 650 LIGHTWOOD KNOT CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x 

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 N B S p 0 S 0 F 

 U A E E T A H T I I 

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R I I T E E X I M B E E H A 

 P W A Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0 D S F k

 B S 3 N E R. E 0 C C R G I I T L M P I G E 

 I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D B S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G E L D R X M T

 51 655 GARNIER CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 52 646 LAFAYETTE CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x 

 53 351A ALAQUA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 54- 673 SANDERS BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 55* 584 BASIN CREEK THREAT x x x x x 

 56- 664 LONG CREEK THREAT x x x x x

 57- 658 SHAW STILL BRANCH FAIR x x x x x 

 58 495A TURKEY CREEK GOOD THREAT x x 

 59- 567 FOURMILE CREEK THREAT x x x x x x x x 

 60* 645 HICKORY BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 61* 590 LITTLE BASIN CREEK THREAT x x x x

 62* 622 BEE BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 63* 620 TURKEY CREEK THREAT x x x K x x 

 64* 644 MILL CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 65* 612 LONG CREEK THREAT x x 

 66* 621 WOLF CREEK THREAT x x x x

 67 568 SWIFT CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 66 468A JUNIPER CREEK GOOD THREAT x x 

 69* 580 MIDDLE CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 70 557 MAGNOLIA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 71* 619 ANDERSON BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 72* 606 SCHOOLHOUSE CREEK T14REAT x x x 

 @3* 587 ROGUE CREEK THREAT x x x x

 14 520 WATERING CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x

 75 351 ALAQUA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 76* 514 BEAR BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 77* 573 LONG BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 78- 544 WHITE BRANCH THREAT x x x x x

 79 495 TURKEY CREEK GOOD THREAT x x 

 80* 515 NINE14ILE CREEK THREAT x x x x x x x 

 81* 532 BULLY HORSELOT BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 82* 491 ALICE CREEK THREAT 

 83* 476 LITTLE ROCKY CREEK THREAT x x x x

 84* 507 PAINTER HEAD CREEK THREAT x x x x

 85* 471 TENMILE CREEK THREAT x x x x

 e6 361 ROCKY CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x

 87* 468 ANDERSON BRANCH THREAT x x 

 88* 483 MIDDLE ROCKY CREEK THREAT x x x x x 

 89 432 LITTLE ALAQUA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x

 90* 472 PARRISH CREEK THREAT x x 

 91* 492 PINELOG CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 92* 500 MATTRESS HEAD BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 93* 470 BLOUNT MILL CREEK THREAT x x x x

 94* 478 DAVIS BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 95* 448 EAST ROCKY CREEK THREAT x x x x x

 96* 445 OPEN BRANCH THREAT x x x x

 97* 436 BLOUNT CREEK THREAT x x x x x x 

 98* 413 EXLINE CREEK THREAT x x x x 

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 N B S P 0 S 0 F 

 U A E E T A H T T I 

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B w w R T I T E E X I M B E E H A 

 P w A Q Q I B M. I R s Y N E I T lk B. K L 

 B S 3 N E A E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G 

 y I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 c I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L 

 99. 446 FISHPOND BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 1001 425 BURNOUT CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 101- 438 CAKIE CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 102* 394 SANDY MOUNTAIN BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

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 103* 387 MT SINAI BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x 

 104- 369 SCONIERS MILL CREEK THREAT x x x x x x x 

 105* 351B ALAQUA CREEK THREAT x x x x x x 

 106* 377 WILDCAT CREEK THREAT x x x 

 107- 368 BEAR BAY BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 108* 339 LOOKOUT CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 109* 332 COSSON MILL CREEK FAIR x 

 110* 340 KISER BRANCH THREAT x 

 111* 323 BEAR CREEK THREAT x 

 112* 318 BULLHIDE CREEK THREAT x x x x 

 113* 305 LIVEOAK BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 114* 307 BUCK BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 C H 0 CTAW @JAC HE E,.R WE R ALABAMA WRIGHTS CREEK

 ITTLE CREEK

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 PINE LOG CREEK

 Cl CHEE BAY

 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03140203 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 Basic Facts

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 Drainage Area: 4,646 square miles (about 7 1 % in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: agriculture, silviculture

 Population Density: low (DeFuniak Springs, Bonifay, Chipley)

 Major Pollution Sources: WWTPs

 Best Water Quality Areas: spring areas, Pine Log Creek

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Alligator Creek, Fish Branch

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at 3 sites

 OFW Waterbodies: Choctawhatchee River

 SWIM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Choctawhatchee River Study, NWFWMD and R. Livingston, 1989

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/357-6631

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8380

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 In lu Ems

 A 100 year flood occurred on the Choctawhatchee River in the spring of

 1990.

 Ecological Characterization

 The Choctawhatchee River originates in northern Alabama, entering Florida near the town

 of New Hope, and flows approximately 89 miles from the Florida-Alabama line to

 Choctawhatchee Bay. The Choctawhatchee River basin drains roughly 3,300 square miles

 of northwest Florida. The remainder of the 4,646 square miles of total drainage area is

 located in Alabama. The average flow of the Choctawhatchee River (21 miles upstream

 from the mouth) is estimated as 7,000 cfs.

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 The Choctawhatchee River is basically alluvial in nature, and carries a relatively high

 sediment load. It does, however, flow through limestone areas and has considerable

 spring input. Holmes Creek, with an average discharge of about 1,000 cfs, is mostly

 spring flow. Below Holmes Creek, near Ebro, spring flow can make up as much as a third

 of the main river's flow. There are also several acidic, blackwater creeks that drain into

 the river and its major tributaries. Therefore, the basin has all three major river types. The

 basin also has several lakes, mostly solution or sink depressions.

 The basin is used mostly for agriculture and some silviculture. The lowerportion also has

 extensive wetlands. The upper portions of the river flow through steep banks and deposit

 large sand bars, while the lower river flattens out into a fairly wide (up to a mile) swampy

 floodplain. There are some developments along the river (mostly upper river and near the

 bay) but little urbanization. The major cities in the basin are located on the tributa nies.

 Much of the actual river corridor is in public ownership by the Northwest Florida Water

 Management District, the Nature Conservancy, and the Division of Forestry.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The Choctawhatchee River basin exhibits more water quality problem areas than other low

 population density, northwest Florida basins. Overall water quality ranking is good;

 however, several small tributaries exhibit fair to poor quality. Sampling of the upper

 Choctawhatchee River in the early seventies showed only fair water quality due to

 Alabama domestic and industrial discharges as well as agricultural runoff in Florida. A

 lack of recent data makes it difficult to determine water quality, but local water quality

 managers indicate that agricultural, logging and dirt road runoff is still a problem. Tenmile

 and Wrights Creeks, also in the upper basin, are subject to similar nonpoint pollution. In

 addition, the City of Noma WWTP, discharges to Wright's Creek, and has been

 experiencing periodic operational/maintenance problems.

 Upper Holmes Creek and its tributaries also have water quality problems, primarily due to

 WWTP point sources and agricultural runoff. Four small municipalities (Graceville,

 Vernon, Chipley and Bonifay) have historically had problems with their wastewater

 treatment systems which have lead to the degradation of the receiving waters and,

 ultimately, Holmes Creek. The 1988 Nonpoint Source Assessment reports odor, oxygen

 depletion, algal growth and some fish kills in the upper Holmes Creek basin. All of the

 treatment plants have been under enforcement. Although they have made upgrades,

 problems still exist. Of particular concern are the Chipley and Bonifay plants, the latter of

 which has increased its discharge to Camp Branch Creek to accommodate a new federal

 prison. The City of Bonifay constructed a new facility with treatment requirements of

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 8-.8:5:3 In 1991 and appears to have improved greatly since it was placed into operation.

 The City of Chipley remains under a Consent Order until corrective measures are

 completed. The City of Vernon remains a problem source. They were recently notified of

 a no discharge WLA and requested to apply for a TOP to eliminate the discharge to the

 tributary to Holmes Creek and to construct an upland disposal site. Currently they remain

 under a Final Order. The City of Graceville was issued a TOP in April, 1994. The TOP

 requires upgrading to AWT or elimination of the discharge to surface waters by January

 1997. In addition to these WWT`Ps, Holmes Creek receives runoff from agricultural areas

 and hog farms that occasionally spill waste from their highly eutrophic impoundments.

 Water quality in lower Holmes Creek improves, partially, due to the input of several

 springs near Vernon. Finally, Reedy Branch, which empties into Holmes Creek, was only

 sampled in 1971, but showed poor water quality then, perhaps due to heavy agricultural

 runoff. Problems in the southwestern portion of the basin center around West Sandy

 Creek and Bruce Creek. The City of Defuniak Springs discharges 0.75 MGD domestic

 wastewater into West Sandy Creek. A bioassessment conducted in June, 1990 revealed

 almost exclusive dominance by blood-worm midges, Chironomus V below the outfall and

 this facility has had a history of sludge spills into the creek, thus a no discharge wasteload

 allocation was issued in September 1992. The City has found an upland site and a

 subsurface discharge investigation was scheduled for March, 1994. The Consent Order

 requires the elimination of their discharge to West Sandy Creek and disposal of the

 effluent to an upland site by March, 1996. Bruce Creek received effluent from a chicken

 processing plant (Showell Farms) which has also improved treatment. Showell Farms is

 now discharging their 1.25 MGD wastewater on an approved upland site. Finally, Bruce

 Creek receives sediment loads from the local county roads.

 There is little STORET data on the main stem of the Choctawhatchee River below

 Interstate Highway 10, but there is little development and few pollution sources.

 However, there are some disturbing trends reported concerning the river, and there is a

 general perception that the biological resources are in poorer condition than expected.

 Certain fish populations have severely declined, notably striped bass. The lower reach of

 the river near the bay shows biological degradation with low numbers of species found.

 The Northwest Florida Water Management District has conducted a study of the river,

 including water quality sampling. As a part of the study, pesticide and herbicide sampling

 found atrazine, a herbicide, in 17 out of 18 samples in 1987. Otherwise the report

 generally indicates "good" water quality index measures for the river.

 Otter Creek (in Holmes County) had ammonia odors from livestock in the creek and algal

 blooms upstream and was channelized for cattle grazing downstream. Parrot and West

 Pittman Creeks had altered benthic community structures with many clean water species

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 missing and turbid waters with an accumulation of sediment from predominantly

 agricultural watersheds. Lighter Snag Creeles channel was filled with agricultural

 sediment leaving pools of stagnant water. Wrights. Creek above Noma had cattle in the

 stream with resulting turbidity and animal waste. Upper Camp Branch receives run-off

 from dairy farms with documented colifon-n bacteria violations. Gum Creek had historical

 fishkills from cattle using the stream and the same livestock management practices exist at

 this time. Flat Creek below Chipley is severely impacted by agriculture and at some

 locations cattle use the stream with resulting bare earth, erosion, and sedimentation

 eliminating native fish and wildlife.

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR To 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN P

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKA

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------

 JOBS YR YR PERIOD TUBB SD COLOR TSS Do DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY 

 4 DISMAL CREEK 8 72 73 Historical 1.5 1.4 6.9 74 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE 

 19 LAKE JUNIPER 3 80 80 Historical 2.6 15 5.5 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM 

 1 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER 12 74 79 Historical 11.5 0.9 5.5 65 6 6.9 

 2 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER. 26 89 93 Current 12.0 0.7 60 8 6.8 76 3 7.2 

 3 BLACK CREEK 4 81 81 Historical 1.0 1.2 80 2 5.2 50 0.6 6.0 

 5 PATE BRANCH 14 70 71 Historical 3.0 . 5 . 7.5 80 6.2 

 6 PINE LOG CREEK 8 92 93 Current 1.8 0.9 80 1 7.9 82 7 5.8 

 7 SEVEN RUNS 4 92 92 Current 4.1 0.8 80 3 7.8 85 5 6.0 

 8 HARD LABOR CREEK 5 92 92 Current 5.2 0.6 120 4 7.2 78 10 5.2 

 9 HOLMES CREEK 38 90 93 Current 9.9 1.0 49 4 5.9 65 0.4 5 7.1 

 10 PANTHER CREEK 8 92 93 Current 6.7 0.5 50 4 7.7 78 6 5.9 

 11 GULLY CREEK 3 72 72 Historical is . 4.5 48 8.0 

 12 BAY BRANCH 9 92 93 Current 5.7 0.9 93 2 4.0 36 6 5.7 

 13 BRUCE CREEK 24 91 93 Current 6.7 0.9 60 5 6.5 69 0.5 4 6.5 

 14 GUM CREEK 3 92 92 Current 3.2 0.6 140 2 6.1 68 15 5.4 

 15 CHOCTAWHATCREE RIVER 13 90 92 Current 33.0 0.5 78 26 7.1 77 0.7 5 7.0 

 16 OPEN CREEK 5 93 93 Current 5.7 0.7 80 4 7.7 82 12 6.5 

 17 WEST SANDY CREEK 7 92 93 Current 4.7 0.3 53 2 8.2 88 4 6.6 

 18 REEDY CREEK 7 93 93 Current 3.1 0.9 20 3 6.4 71 2 6.9 

 20 SANDY CREEK 27 91 93 Current 7.7 0.6 60 7 7.7 84 0.3 4 6.8 

 21 CAMP BRANCH 9 93 93 Current 11.0 0.4 80 3 6.6 80 9 6.9 

 22 CHOCTAWHATCEEE RIVER 5 92 92 Current 52.0 0.4 165 39 8.2 80 6 7.2 

 23 GUM BRANCH 8 79 80 Historical 29.0 

 24 WRIGHTS CREEK 11 90 92 Current 9.0 0.5 48 5 7.1 75 0.5 3 7.0 

 25 ALLIGATOR CREEK 7 93 93 Current 11.0 0.5 80 7 3.4 40 9 6.8 

 26 SIXES CREEK 5 93 93 Current 20.0 0.6 90 36 6.1 62 10 6.4 

 27 FISH BRANCH 3 92 92 Current 21.0 0.6 150 11 3.8 44 8 6.7 

 28 GINHOUSE BRANCH 3 93 93 Current 13.0 0.7 80 7 6.8 67 6 6.7 

 29 TENM1LE CREEK 14 90 92 Current 6.5 0.8 40 5 6.5 67 0.5 4 7.3 

 30 LITTLE CREEK 7 93 93 Current 1.7 0.3 20 1 7.1 84 1 7.5 

 31 EAST PITTRkN CREEK 11 92 93 Current 13.0 0.5 70 8 7.7 82 0.5 4 6.8 

 32 PARROT CREEK 3 92 92 Current 5.3 0.2 70 3 7.1 75 5 6.7 

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MGjL DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX JOBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF S

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CELA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DC, I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERS

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'$ BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140203 CHOCTA.1,MTCHEE RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EKCEE:)S SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARI

 '0'=WITH:N SCREENING CRITERIA

 NG DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORZI IN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I OOND I 

 ------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I 

 KI CURRENT I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED i OR OR ITN>2.0 I T?>.46 1 TP>.12 1 PH>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5,2 I I TSS>18 I I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUA.RY

 4 DIS.VL CREEK I GOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 19 LAKE =NIPER. I GOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I 

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 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 1 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER I GOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 

 2 CHOCTK,,F:;.ATnEE RIVER I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 3 BLACK CREEK I GOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 

 5 PATE BRANCH I GOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 6 PINE @@ CREEK f GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 7 SEVEN X@Ns I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 6 HARD :-ABOR CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 9 HOLMES CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 10 PANTREER CREEK j GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 11 GUILY CREEK I UNKN Historical I . I . I 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 

 12 BAY BRANCH I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 13 BRUCE CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 14 GUM CREEK I GOOD Current 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 15 CHOC1,ANFATCHSE RIVER GOOD Current 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I 1 

 

 16 OPEN CREEK I GOOD Current p 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1

 17 WEST SANDY CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 18 P_vEDY CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 20 SANDY CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 21 CAMP BRANCH I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 f 0 1 1 

 22 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER I FAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 x I x I 1 

 23 G:,y BRANCH I UNKN Historical I . 1 0 1 1 1 x I 1 

 24 WR7GRTS CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 25 A.LLTGATOR CREEK I FAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 26 SIKES CREEK I FAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I 1 

 27 FjSH BRANCH 1 FAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I 1 

 28 Gis"HOUSE BRANCH I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 Q I x 1 0 1 1 

 29 TENM7LE CREEK I GOOD Current 1 :0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 30 LIT:_',E CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 

 31 EAST P:TTMAN CREEK I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 32 PARROT CREEK I GOOD Current I 1 0 1 i 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL POLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKAL_-N17Y DO-61SSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO J989 TOT-TOTAL COLIPORM BACTE

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTTC INDEX CURRENT-1984 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD COD TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLI

 BIOL DIV-B:CDOGICAL DIVERS:TY DIART-ARIIFICIAL SUBSTRAT; DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 C@IA-CHLOROPhYLL :ITNAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METE"

 = M m m m m m = = = m m @ = m m = @ M

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140203 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'X'=DEGRADING TREND 1 1984 - 1993 TRENDS I

 '0'-STABLE TREND I-----------------------------------------------------

 '+'-IMPROVING TREND I IW TI T T C S) P Al T TI B TI D DIT Fl T F I<--- PLEASE REA

 '.'-MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK [OVER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H LI U Sl 0 01 0 01C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II II L I KIR SI D Cl SI0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I AlL LI P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I TII II I

 ID NAME I USE ? TSI I I DEGRADATION SO

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- ----------------

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 4 DISMAL CREEK ]YES GOODI I I I I I I I I I

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 19 LAKE JUNIPER IYES GOOD[ I I I I I I I I I

 WATER BODY TYPE; STREAM

 1 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER IYES GOOD I I I I I I I I I

 2 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 + 0 .1 0 010 .1 1 0 01 01 0 0 1

 3 BLACK CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I

 5 PATE BRANCH IYES GOODI I I I I

 6 PINE LOG CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 7 SEVEN RUNS IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 8 HARD LABOR CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 9 HOLMES CREEK IYES GOODI I

 10 PANTHER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 11 GULLY CREEK INO UNKNI I I I I I I I 1 1

 12 BAY BRANCH IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 13 BRUCE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 14 GUM CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 15 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER IYES GOODI I I 1 .1 .1 1

 16 OPEN CREEK IYES GOOD]

 17 WEST SANDY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 18 REEDY CREEK ]YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 20 SANDY CREEK IYES GOODI 0 1 x I . . . . 1 0 .1 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 21 CAMP BRANCH IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 22 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 23 GUM BRANCH INO UNKNI I I I I I I I 1 1

 24 WRIGHTS CREEK iYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 . . . . 1 0 .1 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 25 ALLIGATOR CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I . .1 .1 .1 . .1 .1 . 1

 26 SIKES CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI 1

 27 FISH BRANCH IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I - .1 .1 .1 . .1 .1 . 1

 28 GINHOUSE BRANCH IYES GOOD 1 .1 .1 1

 29 TENMILE CREEK IYES GOODI .1 1

 30 LITTLE CREEK IYES GOOD I

 31 EAST PITTMAN CREEK IYES GOOD[

 32 PARROT CREEK IYES GOODI I

 LEGEND- DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR 

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 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER OULAITY INDEX FOR 

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHl DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 --a

 t-j

 PINE BARRE CREE NOE CREEK

 ALABAMA

 SCAMBIA RIVER

 4

 RF- CREEK

 ELL CREEK

 RIVER

 ESCAMBIA BAY

 ESCAMBIA RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03140305 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 ESCAMBIA. RIVER BASIN

 Basig Facts

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 Drainage Area: 4,200 (about 10% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, agriculture

 Population Density: low with urban area at mouth (Pensacola, Century

 Major Pollution Sources: point sources at mouth

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of basin

 Worst Water Quality Areas: areas assessed by nonpoint source survey

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at 6 sites

 OFW Waterbodies: none

 SWIM Waterbodies: part of the Pensacola Bay System SWIM watershed

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Pensacola Bay SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, 1990

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/357-6631

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904-444-8380

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 la the News

 Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largemouth bass

 due to mercury contamination have been issued for the Escambia River.

 Ecological Characterization

 Just north of the Florida-Alabama state line, the Conecuh River and Escambia Creek join

 to form the Escambia River. The Escambia River flows approximately 92 miles south

 from the Florida-Alabama state line to Escambia Bay. The drainage basin encompasses a

 total of 4,200 miles, only 10% of which is located in Florida. The average flow of the ,

 Escambia is 6,500 cfs; however, the flow rate is highly variable. The Escambia River is an

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 alluvial river, draining mostly agricultural and forestry lands. The upper basin is mostly

 sandy, well-drained soils, while the lower basin has more swamps, sloughs and a relatively

 wide floodplain. The river is characterized by its -numerous cut-offs, oxbows and

 meanders. In-stream islands are common. At its mouth -the river breaks into -numerous

 channels -and bayous eventually emptying into Escambia Bay, -one of the major lobes in the

 Pensacola Bay basin. During low flow, a saltwater wedge penetrates -about 8 miles

 upstream.

 Land use in the upper basin is primarily agriculture, while the lower river has more

 silviculture. Urbanization is occurring along the tributaries and at the river's mouth.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Water quality in this basin is generally good, but the Nonpoint Assessment found most of

 the tributaries to be threatened and a couple are moderately impaired. The Canoe Creek

 and Pine Barren:Creek systems suffer from agricultural and dirt road runoff.

 Sedimentation, high turbidity and pesticides are suspected to be causing declining

 fisheries. However, the Soil Conservation Service is designing a cropland watershed plan

 to alleviate agricultural runoff in the Canoe Creek drainage and much of the Escambia

 River.

 Point sources in the upper basin include the Container Corporation (a paper company in

 Alabama at the state border), and the WWTPs of the cities of Century and Jay.

 Preliminary results of a basin assessment by DEP indicate elevated bacteria values

 downstream of Century. Bluff Springs Campground WWTP which discharged into a

 tributary to Canoe Creek will go toa septic tank with sand filter and subsurface drain field

 by the end of 1994. A point source assessment for the Town of Jay in August, 1992

 showed severe biological impairment in Bray Mill Creek. Taxa richness and species

 diversity was dramatically reduced below the outfall which would indicate toxicity.

 Bioassay samples of the effluent and receiving stream showed 100% mortality of the test

 organisms within 10 minutes. Chlorine residual of the effluent was 1.7 mg/l and the creek

 was 1.5 mg/1, which was indicated as the cause of the mortality. The creek contains at

 least 88% effluent therefore a no discharge wasteload allocation was issued in September

 1992. They are working on plans for construction of an upland site for elimination of their

 current discharge to Bray Mill Creek.

 The old Century facility was abandoned and discharges to the old location ceased in 1991.

 The new Century facility discharges directly to Escambia River. In addition, there are

 gravel mining operations near Century. The Soil Conservation Service is conducting a

 feasibility study of restoring Big Escambia Creek from previous mining activities. Until

 recently, the pesticide Guthion was aerially sprayed on cotton fields in Santa Rosa County.

 Fish kills in private impoundments resulting from spray runoff prompted a hearing ruling'

 to tighten spraying restrictions and replace Guthion with Malathion.

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 Near the mouth of the river, point source discharges include Monsanto Textiles Company,

 the University of West Florida WWT? and thermal effluent from a power plant. A no

 discharge WLA was issued to the University of West Florida WWTP in March 1993.

 These point sources are discussed in more detail in the Escambia Bay section of the

 Pensacola Bay Basin narrative summary. The lower river is also affected by nonpoint

 pollution from increasing urbanization as well as the point sources.

 Sandy Hollow Creek disappeared after sedimentation filled its channel and adjacent

 wetland due to agricultural run-off and now the Soil Conservation Service is working to

 stop the erosion. Moore and Holly Creeks receive significant agriculture run-off

 impacting fish and wildlife. Significant runoff from the agricultural areas of Santa Rosa

 County has resulted in sedimentation filling stream channels not only eliminating fish and

 wildlife habitat but, also causing rising waters to periodically destroy many of the bridges

 at steam crossings. Citizens still complain about lack of fish and the disappearance of

 native mussels caused by pollution in the Escambia River from the Container Corporation

 just across the state line in Alabama.

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- --------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALK 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 1 THOMPSON BAYOU 37 71 88 Historical 7.0 45 9 5.8 66 1.0 23 5 6.2 3 

 2 ESCAMBIA RIVER 50 89 93 Current 18.5 0.9 70 6 7.1 77 0.7 5 6.2 23 

 3 CLEAR CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.8 0.3 30 1 7.4 86 1 6.2 4 

 4 ESCAMBIA RIVER 7 90 90 Current 12.0 0.7 60 5 7.3 76 0.2 3 6.2 . 

 5 SPANISH MILL CREEK 7 92 92 Current 2.7 0.5 40 1 7.0 87 5 6.0 2 

 6 ESCAMBIA RIVER 27 89 93 Current 20.0 0.2 46 6 7.3 79 0.6 5 6.0 16 

 10 THE CANAL 34 70 79 Historical 13.4 73 13 7.5 81 1.0 9 6.6 20 

 16 THOMAS CREEK 7 89 90 Current 1.1 6 3 8.2 93 0.7 7.9 . 

 18 ESCAMBIA RIVER 63 70 88 Historical 13.6 0.8 5? 8 8.6 81 1.4 13 6.7 28 

 23 BLUE WATER CREEK 7 92 92 Current 1.8 0.8 18 2 9.5 93 1 5.7 2 

 28 PINE BARREN CREEK 26 89 93 Current 6.2 1.0 30 5 7.7 83 0.3 2 5.8 1 

 31 LITTLE PINE BARREN CR 7 92 92 Current 6.0 0.5 50 2 9.1 87 1 6.2 2 

 33 MITCHELL CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.7 0.3 40 2 8.1 88 3 5.0 1 

 40 BRAY MILL CREEK 9 92 93 Current 3.8 0.2 8 2 8.8 94 1 5.9 1 

 41 CANOE CREEK 17 89 92 Current 3.1 0.5 23 3 8.0 84 0.3 1 6.3 2 

 42 ESCAMBIA RIVER 1638 89 93 Current 20.5 0.7 78 22 7.3 82 1.2 7 6.7 25 

 43 BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK 6 92 92 Current 10.0 0.7 50 8 7.9 86 4 6.3 1 

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 ALK-ALKALiNiTy MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHE24ICAL OXYGE14 DEMAND MG1L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CPS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/t 

 m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140305 ESCAMBIA RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'K'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES AND C

 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA I

 '.'=MISSING DATA I I I I I I I I I 

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN I 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I DEMAND 

 I wQ1 CURRENT I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 I TP>.46 ITP>.12 I PH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 I DO

 ID NAME I TS1 HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>102 I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I TOC>27.51 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STRUM

 1 THOMPSON BAYOU IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 2 ESCAMBIA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1 

 3 CLEAR CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 4 ESCAMBIA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 5 SPANISH MILL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 6 ESCAMBIA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1 0 1 

 10 THE CANAL IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 16 THOMAS CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 18 ESCAMBIA RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 23 BLUE WATER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 28 PINE BARREN CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 31 LITTLE PINE BARREN CR IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 33 MITCHELL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x I a I 1 0 1 

 40 BRAY MILL CREEK IFAIR Current I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 41 CANOE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 42 ESCAMIA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 43 BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS KI OR

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

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 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T T1 B T1 D D1 T Fl T F I<--- PLEASE

 '.*=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II il L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I Tj I Il I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATIO

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 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I THOMPSON BAYOU IYES FAIRI . I . I . . . . I

 2 ESCAMBIA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 01 x .1 0 01 1 0 01 01 0 1

 3 CLEAR CREEK IYES GOOD I . I . I . . . . I - .1 . .1 .1 . .1 .1 . 1

 4 ESCAMBIA RIVER IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 . 01 x .1 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 5 SPANISH MILL CREEK IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I - .1 - .1 .1 . .1 .1 . 1

 6 ESCAMBIA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 x .1 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 10 THE CANAL IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 16 THOMAS CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 18 ESCAMBIA RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 23 BLUE WATER CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 28 PINE BARREN CREEK IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 0 .1 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 31 LITTLE PINE BARREN CR IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 33 MITCHELL CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 40 BRAY MILL CREEK IYES FAIRI I I . . . . I

 41 CANOE CREEK IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 .1 0 .1 0 01 0 1 x X1 0 01 0 1

 42 ESCAMBIA RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 01 x 01 0 01 0 1 0 01 01 0 0 1

 43 BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FOOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR

 ALK-ALKhLINITY FLIOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WI-WATER QULAITY INDEX FOR 

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN ..X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

 -SEE PAGE It POP, LEGEND POP, THIS TABLE-

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 N B S P 0 S 0 F T 

 U A E E I A H T T I U I T

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S R 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E s H A B 

 P W A Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0 D S F R

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G E D D E W I S I S

 y I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C H 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W I L L L D T 

 1 586 THOMPSON BAYOU GOOD POOR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 2 IOF ESCAMBIA RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x K.

 3 531 CLEAR CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x K 

 4 JOE ESCAMBIA RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 5 475 SPANISH MILL CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x 

 6 10D ESCAMBIA RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 7* 389 BEARLE CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 8* 395 WILLIAMS CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 9* 374 ROCKY BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x x x x 

 10 341 THE CANAL GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x 

 it* 342 PRETTY BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 12* 310 TENMILE CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 13* 315 BUFFALO MILL CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 14* 316 CROOKED CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 15* 326 WILDER BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x x 

 16 258 THOMAS CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x 

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 17* 265 MORGAN BRANCH FAIR x x x x x K 

 18 IOA ESCAMBIA RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 19* 244 DELANEY CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x X, K 

 20* 237 GULLY BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 21- 236 BELL CREEK POOR x x x x x K x x x x x 

 22* 217 BLACK BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 23 192 BLUE WATER CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 24* 168 MC DAVID CREEK FAIR x x x x K x x x 

 25* 131 COTTON CREEK FAIR x x x x x 

 26* ill MOORE CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x x K 

 27* JOB ESCAMBIA RIVER FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 28 5 PINE BARREN CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x K x x x 

 29* 134 UNNAMED BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 30* lie MCCOSTILL MILL CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 31 87 LITTLE PINE BARREN CR GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 32* 102 HOLLAND BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 33 71 MITCHELL CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x 

 34- 74 HOLLY CREEK FAIR x x x x x x x x 

 35* 89 WILSON BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x 

 36* 79 HALL BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 37* 39 BRESTWORKS BRANCH FAIR x x x x x x 

 38* 9 PRITCHETT MILL BRANCH POOR x x x 

 39* 25 WIGGINS BRANCH POOR x x x 

 40 36 BRAY MILL CREEK GOOD POOR x x Y, x x x x x x x x x Y. x x 

 41 7 CANOE CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x 

 42 loc ESCAMBIA RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 43 10 BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 44* 8 HOBBS BRANCH FAIR x x x x 

 00

 NEW RIVER

 AY CREEK

 ER CREEK

 NEW RIVER

 D RIVER

 GULF OF MEXICO

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 NEW RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03130013 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 NEW RIVER BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: S69 square miles

 Major Land Uses: forest, wetlands

 Population Density: low (Carrabelle)

 Major Pollution Sources: WWTP, septic tank seepage, marinas

 Best Water Quality Areas: New River, Juniper Creek, Crooked River

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Carrabelle River near WWTP

 Water Quality Trends: no trend data

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Alligator Harbor State Aquatic Preserve

 Apalachicola Bay State Aquatic Preserve

 SWIM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1999

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

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 In the News

 Upgrades in treatment and discharge of the Carrabelle WWTP occurred in

 1988.

 Tate's Hell Swamp (184,000 acres) was sold in 1991 by Proctor and

 Gamble to a Georgia land broker.

 Ecological Characterization

 The New River Basin is a small panhandle Florida coastal basin between the Apalachicola

 River and Ochlockonee River basins. The basin drains about 569 square miles of1ow wet

 forest in Liberty and Franklin Counties. Its headwaters are in the Apalachicola National

 Forest, and it flows through Tate's Hell Swamp. The swamp is a vast forested plain that

 was extensively ditched, drained, cleared and replanted in the mid-1960s. The river is very

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 darkly stained, one of the "blackest" of the blackwater'streams. Forestry and wetland

 areas are the predominant -land uses in the basin. After its confluence with Crooked River,

 the stream becomes wider, estuarine -in character andis calledthe Carrabelle River. Little

 of the land in the basin has been developed. Only 1% of the basin is urban area, principally

 the coastal community,of Carrabelle. Seafood processing is thearea!smajor economic

 activity.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Sampling of the New River hasbeen very Jimited; however, it drains, an Areanearly devoid

 of pollution sources except for a few logging operations and roads. The,portionof-the

 basin in St. George Sound also has good water quality -except 6or a small area near

 Carrabelle. The city previously discharged primary -treated wastewater directly into the

 Sound. A new plant with both improved treatment and discharge to a sprayfield began

 functioning in 1988. However, marinas and small shellfish processing areas in Carrabelle

 and Eastpoint continue to threaten water quality in their immediate vicinity. One of the

 larger processing facilities was ordered to discontinue their surface water discharge.

 The streams in this basin have been severely modified by dredge and fill activities from

 past and present silvaculture practices. Planted pines have replaced native hardwoods

 along stream banks, topography flattened, stream channels filled from logging roads/clear

 cutting, and deep ditches are used to lower the basin's water table.

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------------

 

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOO PH ALK NIT

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 4 ALLIGATOR HARBOR 6 87 87 Historical 8.0 0.5 30 34 9.4 101 2.2 7.5 1.0

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I NEW RIVER 36 78 79 Historical 10.1 . 241 5.6 0.7

 2 NEW RIVER 16 92 93 Current 9.4 0.7 125 16 5.6 62 15 7.5 55 0.6

 3 CROOKED RIVER 20 92 93 Current 4.7 0.7 155 2 4.0 48 17 6.0 5 0.6

 5 4 92 92 Current 2.7 0.5 300 4 6.1 62 28 4.6 1 0.@

 NEW RIVER 

 6 JUNIPER CREEK 10 92 93 Current 2.5 0.5 225 2 6.2 64 31 4.0 1 0.5

 7 CAT BRANCH 4 92 92 Current 4.7 0.5 500 1 5.4 63 35 4.1 1 0.8

 8 WEST PRONG NEW RIVER 5 92 92 Current 2.9 0.7 300 1 3.7 43 26 4.3 1 0.7

 9 BAY CREEK 4 92 92 Current 3.3 0.4 400 1 3.0 36 31 4.1 1 0.7

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MIL DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MGIL MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMPLES 

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 3C

 4-

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 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABL

 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA I I

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 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 4 ALLIGATOR HARBOR IUNICK Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I NEW RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 2 NEW RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 

 3 CROOKED RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 5 NEW RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 6 JUNIPER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 7 CAT BRANCH IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 8 WEST PRONG NEW RIVER IFAIR Current 1 6 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 9 BAY CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 

 LEGEND. COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERI

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,CODTOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH 7URB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE 'DIVERSITY ' TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMF14T REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03130013 NEW RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'-DT_GRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=S-ABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W T1 T T C Sl P Al T TI B TI DDI TFl I F l<--- PLEASE READ THESE COLUMNS

 DATA IQUALITY RANK JOVER-JQ or Sl N P H D1 H Ll U Sl 0 01 001 CCl E L I

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 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 4 ALLIGATOR HARBOR INO UNKNI

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 1 NEW RIVER IYES GOODI

 2 NEW RIVER IYES GOODI

 3 CROOKED RIVER IYES GOODI

 5 NEW RIVER IYES GOOD I

 6 JUNIPER CREEK IYES GOODI

 7 CAT BRANCH IPARTIAL FAIRI

 8 WEST PRONG NEW RIVER IPARTIAL FAIRI

 9 BAY CREEK IPARTIAL FAIR[

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 FOOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND ESTUARI

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER. OULAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AND SPRI

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL 2H-2H TP-PKOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 oc

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 GEORGIA Odhk)ckortee River

 -j7

 Am@

 w LAKE JACKSON

 TELOGIA CREEK

 Lake Talquin

 VX

 YELLOW CREEK

 PCHOPPY RIVER

 OCHLOCKONEE RIVE

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 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03120003 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 DrainageArea: 1,553 square miles (about 81% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: forest, agriculture

 Population Density: low (Quincy, Havana, Sopchoppy, part of

 Tallahassee)

 Major Pollution Sources: agricultural runoff, WW`TP, strip mining

 Best Water Quality Areas: Sopchoppy River, lower Ochlockonee River

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Telogia Creek below Gretna WWTP, Little

 River

 Water Quality Trends: a couple of watersheds on Ochlockonee showed

 improving trends; the Sopchoppy, Lake Jackson and several small

 streams show stable trends

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Ochlockonee River

 Lake Jackson

 Sopchoppy River within Apalachicola National Forest

 Lake Talquin State Recreation Area

 SWIM Waterbodies: Lake Jackson

 Reference Reports:

 Water Quality of the Ochlockonee River, DEP (Tallahassee, Biology),

 1987

 Lake Jackson Management Plan, NWFWMD, 1990

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Homer Royals, FGFWFC, 904/357-6631

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904/444-8380

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 In the New

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 * Concern over the health of Lake Jackson led to a temporary building

 moratorium in the immediate watershed area in 1989.

 * Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largernouth bass

 due to mercury content have been issued for Lake Talquin, Lake

 lamonia, and the Ochlockonee River.

 Ecological Characterization

 The Ochlockonee River originates in the clay hillsof Georgia, entering Florida

 approximately 15 miles north of Tallahassee. The river flows 162 miles, first through

 rolling piedmont hills near the headwaters, then through sandy coastal,plains before

 entering the Gulf of Mexico at Panacea, Florida. An impoundment, Lake Talquin, liesFlorida water quality assessment 1994 305 (b) main report http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CZIC-td224-f6-h36-1994-v-4/html/CZIC-...

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 directly west of Tallahassee covering 8,850 acres. The Ochlockonee River averages 1,600

 cfs upstream of Lake Talquin, although flow in the river fluctuates widely with occasional

 periods of flooding and drought. The Florida drainage basin is 1,253 square miles (there

 are an additional 300 square miles in Georgia).

 The upper river and the Little River tributary are more alluvial in nature than blackwater,

 although both have some color. Land use in the upper clay hills portion of the basin is

 mostly agriculture, and many of its headwater tributaries are impounded for farm ponds.

 To the east of the upper river, in Florida, are two shallow lakes that are undergoing rapid

 residential development. The southernmost, Lake Jackson, receives a substantial portion

 (roughly one-third) of Tallahassee's urban drainage. Lake Jackson also has the distinction

 of periodically (on average every twenty-five years) draining via sinkholes, leaving only a

 few deep pools. In the middle in pounded section, Lake Talquin has both agriculture and

 silviculture land use. The lower river flows mostly through forested coastal lowlands

 encompassing the Apalachicola National Forest. A remote blackwater creek, the

 Sopchoppy River, and the Ochlockonee River both flow into the western end of the

 Ochlockonee Bay, a small embayment along the Apalachee Bay coast.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 There are several problem areas evident in this basin, mostly in the upper portions of the

 basin. First, Little River and its upstream tributary, Quincy Creek, have historically shown

 bacteria, nutrient and turbidity problems. Upstream point sources include strip mines

 (Englehaid, Floridan, and Oil Dry for Fuller's earth) and the City of Quincy WWTP (1. 5

 MGD design capacity). The only background stream for monitoring fuller's earth mining

 is Attapulgus Creek northeast of Attapulgus Ga. as all the streams of this region in Florida

 are impacted by mining activities.

 Bioassessment by Butts, 1990 found degraded conditions in Womack Mill Creek below

 the Havana WWTP discharge. Effluent water chemistry showed elevated BOD (21

 99

 mg/L), ammonia (I I mg/L), and coliform bacteria violations. Benthic macroinvertebrate

 fauna below the discharge was dominated by pollution tolerant forms including

 oligochaete worms (66% of fauna) and tolerant chironomid larvae (21% of fauna). An

 advanced wastewater treatment WQBEL was issued. An AWT WQBEL was re-

 established in April 1993. The City of Havana was issued a TOP in 1993 requiring an

 upgrade to AWT or an elimination of their surface water discharge by October, 1996.

 Another problem area is the Ochlockonee River immediately below the Georgia-Florida

 state line. Water quality problems include high bacteria, nutrient and turbidity values and

 low macroinvertebrate diversity. A 1987 survey of the upper Ochlockonee basin

 conducted by the DEP Biology Section indicated that the primary source for the heavy

 turbidity and siltation is agricultural runoff in Georgia. Siltation is also apparently

 responsible for the depressed macroinvertebrate community and consequent decline in the

 fisheries reported by the Nonpoint Source Assessment. The Georgia Soil and Water

 Conservation Committee is applying for federal funds through the Georgia Environmental

 Protection Division to begin implementing farming Best Management Practices. Georgia

 point sources (primarily WWTPs and a pickle canning factory) appear to be responsible

 for the nutrient and bacteria problems in the upper reaches.

 Lake Talquin has good water quality, 'with the exception of its junction with Little River

 where the stream adds nutrients and turbidity. There are some algae and aquatic weed

 problems, but the lake still serves as an excellent fishing and swimming area. It also acts

 to improve water quality downstream by allowing turbidity to settle out.

 A tributary to the Ochlockonee, Telogia Creek, has severe nutrient and DO'problerns in

 the upper portions due to runoff from the Gretna WWTP overland flow /sprayfields.

 Court action has been taken against the City of Gretna to remove all discharges from

 Telogia Creek. The Court settlement is pending. Nutrient and weed problems extend

 several miles downstream.

 Water quality in the Lower Ochlockonee River is good. Turbidity, sedimentation,

 bacteria, and stream 'habitat destruction was observed from county road maintenance in

 Caney and Pine Creeks along C-375 below Lake Talquin. Additionally, the Sopchoppy

 River has excellent water quality. However, Ochlockonee Bay is reported to have high

 nutrients and low macroinvertebrate diversity, perhaps due to nonpoint sources

 (construction, clear cutting and septic tank leachate) in the immediate vicinity of the bay.

 Finally, concern about Lake Jackson in Tallahassee is growing. Although for the most

 part the water quality is still good, the lake and sediments, especially in Megginnis Arm,

 are threatened from residential, construction, and road/parking lot stormwater runoff.

 There is a stormwater treatment facility, but it is undersized and has had operating

 troubles. A major restoration effort, the dredging of contaminated sediments from

 Megginnis Arm, was recently completed. Due to local controversy and the fact that the

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 lake is a priority SWIM waterbody, more attention is being directed toward the expansion

 and maintenance of the facility and other lake management improvements.

 The other major waterbody in' the basin, the Sopchoppy River, predominantly draming

 wetlands and forest land, shows excellent water quality. Its high color, low pH, and

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 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINIT

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- --------

 OOBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALK

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 1 OCHLOCKONEE BAY 10 75 79 Historical 10.0 0.2 179 25 7.7 82 1.1 23 7.3 19

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 16 outside Lake 4 92 92 Current 9.6 0.6 60 7 7.4 83 4 6.9 

 21 Lake Talquin 4 89 89 Current 16.0 0.9 8.2 105 6.9 

 30 Lake Talquin 4 89 89 Current 24.0 0.8 8.6 89 7.0 

 58 LAKE OVERSTREET DRAIN 17 89 89 Current 59.0 . 136 25 3.0 25 10 49

 70 LAKE JACKSON 129 89 93 Current 4.0 1.5 8.0 91 6.4 10

 93 LAKE IAMONIA OUTLET 32 79 80 Historical 1.3 2.3 29 7.0 67 5.7 

 �WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 2 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER 20 89 93 Current 5.0 1.0 90 3 6.0 71 0.4 11 6.6 

 3 BUCKHORN CREEK 75 81 82 Historical 2.5 . 6 4.3 

 4 SYFRETT CREEK 6 92 92 Current 1.8 0.5 400 1 5.6 64 36 4.0 

 5 OTTER CREEK 17 78 78 Historical 18.0 335 4.2 

 6 VAUSE BRANCH 37 76 77 Historical 12.5 170 5.2 

 7 MONKEY CREEK 4 85 85 Historical 9.0 350 3.8 

 8 SMITH CREEK 38 76 77 Historical 8.5 153 6.5 

 9 SOPCHOPPY RIVER 28 89 93 Current 1.3 0.4 160 1 6.9 75 25 6.6 14

 10 MILL CREEK 39 76 77 Historical 15.8 . 149 6.2 

 11 YELDOW CREEK 4 92 92 Current 5.2 0.7 350 1 6.1 69 28 4.6 

 12 WEST BR SOPCHOPPY RI 74 76 78 Historical 21.8 . 425 4.1 

 13 BLACK CREEK 7 93 93 Current 2.0 0.3 80 1 7.7 82 11 7.0 35

 14 CYPRESS BRANCH 6 79 79 Historical 4.6 54 7.3 

 15 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER 8 93 93 Current 10.5 0.8 100 2 6.2 71 9 6.8 11

 17 TELOGIA CREEK 15 89 93 Current 4.7 0.8 120 6 7.2 79 3.3 8 6.6 

 18 FREEMAN CREEK 8 89 89 Current 16.0 1.0 . . 7.3 91 7.0 

 19 HARVEY CREEK 7 93 93 Current 2.6 0.6 40 1 7.0 76 3 6.6 

 20 BIG CREEK 8 93 93 Current 1.6 0.4 75 1 8.2 87 8 5.2 

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 28 OCKLAWAHA CREEK 51 73 77 Historical 3.0 88 8.0 87 7 4.3 

 31 MILL BRANCH 3 79 79 Historical 7.0 83 4.8 

 39 MEGGINNIS ARM RUN 26 89 93 Current 14.0 0.9 286 144 5.7 56 9.0 55 17 6.3 23

 48 BEAR CREEK 5 92 92 Current 4.1 0.2 50 3 8.6 90 5 6.5 

 so TIMBERLANE RUN 7 89 89 Current 154.0 214 234 8.0 82 21 12

 53 HARBINWOOD ESTATES DN 7 89 89 Current 117.0 231 64 3.0 29 11 26

 54 MONROE CREEK 7 93 93 Current 7.4 0.4 so 5 7.9 86 5 7.0 14

 S6 Ochlockonee River 90 89 93 Current 20.0 '1. 1 79 6.7 le

 57 MULE CREEK 3 79 79 Historical 7.3 84 

 59 LITTLE RIVER 31 89 93 Current 24.0 0.8 110 12 7.3 83 7 6.9 12

 68 JUNIPER CREEK 7 93 93 Current 6.3 0.6 120 4 6.2 68 12 6.6 

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SA

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN D EMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLCW-FLCW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 14D

 1_j

 USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120003 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER

 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERS14ED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINI

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH AL

 73 YON CREEK 3 79 79 Historical 7.4 85 5.1 

 81 TALLAHASSEE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 3.3 0.3 45 1 8.0 88 4 6.6 

 63 TANYARD BRANCH 1B 75 76 Hist@rical 16.3 63 7.5 82 4 6.9 3

 85 HURRICANE CREEK 7 93 93 Current 13.0 0.3 100 4 8.3 89 8 7.1 1

 87 QUINCY CREEK 10 89 92 Current 12.0 0.2 60 11 7.5 83 0.9 3 6.3 2

 91 HUBBERT BRANCH 19 75 76 Historical 20.0 80 7.2 78 7 6.5 1

 94 HOLMAN BRANCH 21 75 76 Historical 10.8 43 7.4 78 3 6.5 

 96 Ochlockonee River 64 89 93 Current 24.0 0.5 129 13 6.7 74 8 6.5 1

 98 WILLACOOCHEE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 20.0 0.5 120 10 7.8 85 5 6.9 1

 102 SWAMP CREEK 7 92 92 Current 100.0 0.2 190 68 6.5 68 6 6.4 1

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLV9D OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMP

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATIURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-E .NDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CPS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

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 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120003 OC14LOCKONEE RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES 

 10'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 S S I NG 13ATA

 I RANK DATA RECORDI TN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND IOXYGEN 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I TSS I IDEMAND 

 I VIQI CURRENT I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.$ICOND>12751 BOD>3.3 

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I IPH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I ICOD>102 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I I I I I ITOC>27.51

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 I OCHLOCKONEE BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x I x 1 0 

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE'

 16 Outside Lake IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 21 Lake Talquin IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 a 1 0 1 

 30 Lake Talquin IFAIR Current 1 0 x 1 0 x I 

 58 LAKE OVERSTREET DRAIN IGOOD Current 1 0 x 1 0 x 1 0 

 70 LAKE JACKSON IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 93 LAKE IAMONIA OUTLET IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 2 OCHLIDCKONEE RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 3 BUCKHORN CREEK IGOOD Historical I . 1 0 1 1 x I 1 0 1 1 

 4 SYFRETT CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 x 

 5 OTTER CREEK IFAIR Historical I . 1 0 1 1 x I x I 

 6 VAUSE BRANCH IGOOD Historical I a 0 ( I x 1 0 1 

 7 MONKEY CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 

 8 SMITH CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 9 SOPCHOPPY RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 10 MILL CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 11 YELLOW CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 x 

 12 WEST BR SOPCHOPPY RI IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x I 

 13 BLACK CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 

 14 CYPRESS BRANCH IUNKN Historical I . I . 1 0 1 1 

 15 OCHLOCKONTE RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 17 TELOGIA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 18 FREEMAN CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 ri 

 19 HARVEY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 20 BIG CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 0 

 28 OCKLAWAHA CREEK iGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 

 31 MILL BRANCH IGOOD Historical I . I . I I x I I I 

 39 mEGGiNNis ARM RUN IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 

 48 BEAR CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 50 TIMBERLANE RUN IUNKN Current 1 0 1 x I I x I x I x 

 53 HARBINWOOD ESTATES DN IUNKN Current 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 54 MONROE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 56 Ochlockonee River IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 t 

 57 MULE CREEK IGOOD Historical I . I . I I 1 

 59 LITTLE RIVER IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 

 68 JUNIPER CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 B=-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DMMD-BOD,OOD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOL40GICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-7URBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120003 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER

 MEDIXN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=---XC--EDS SCREENING CRITERIA S

 '0'--W:-'alN SCREENING CRITERIA I

 '=M:@'S*:NG DATA I I I

 I RANK DATA RECORDJ TN I STREAM I LAKE J PH I ALK I TURB & I

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I

 WATr:LS'*T' , I OR OR @1 TN>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 I PH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51CON

 ID NAM: I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I I I I I

 73 YON C-REEK IGOOD Historical I I I I x I I I

 81 7A:.!.hHASSEE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1

 83 :A.NYA-:C BRANCH IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

 85 F.;RR:CA,';-- CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I a I

 87 Q!L;:NCY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

 91 @@jBT_R- BRANCH IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I

 94 1HOLMAN BRANCH IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 f

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 96 ochlockonee River IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I

 98 W:L:_kCCOCHEE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I

 102 SWAMP CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORU

 ALK-ALKA.L:S:7Y DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL CO

 BECK-BSC:<-S ;:OTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SU

 BIOL D:V-B!O:,CGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDI

 CHLA-CHLOROPIKYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DI

 m m m m m w m m m m m m m m m m M m m @

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120003 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'=DEGRADING TREND 1 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND I-----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W T1 T T C Sl P Al T TI B T1 D D1 T F( T F I<--- PLEASE R

 '.'=MISSING DATA (QUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II Il L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI [TREND( I A I i B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I 14EETS OR I I I I I TI I Il

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I DEGRADATION 

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- --------------

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 1 OCHLOCKONEE BAY IYES GOODI I I I I I I

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 16 Outside Lake IYES GOODI .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 21 Lake Talquin IYES GOODI .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 30 Lake TalqQin )PARTIAL FAIRI .1 -1 -1 .1 .1 1

 58 LAKE OVERSTREET DRAIN IYES GOODI 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 '10 LAKE JACKSCN IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 x 0 01 0 .1 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 93 LAKE IAMONIA OUTLET IYES GOODI I I I I I I I I I

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 2 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER @YES GOODI + 1 0 1 + 0 0 +1 0 .1 0 010 .1 0 01 + 01 0 1

 3 BUCKHORN CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 4 SYFRETT CREEK IYES GOOD1 I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 5 OTTER CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I 1 1

 6 VAUSE BRANCH IYES GOODI i i I I I I I 1 1

 7 MONKEY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 8 SMITH CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I I i

 9 SOPCHOPPY RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 + 0 . .1 + 01 0 .1 .1 x 01 01 0 0 1

 10 MILL CREEK IYES GOOD I I I i I

 11 YELLOW CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 12 WEST BR SOPCHOPPY RI IPARTIAL FAIR] I I I

 13 BLACK CREEK IYES GOODI I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 14 CYPRESS BRANCH INO UNKNI I I I I I I I I i

 15 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER IYES GOODI I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 17 TELOGIA CREEK IYES GOODI I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 IS FREEMAN CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 19 HARVEY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 20 BIG CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 28 OCKLAWAHA CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 31 MILL BRANCH IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 39 MEGGINNIS ARM RUN IPARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 of 0 01 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 0 1

 48 BEAR CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I . .1 . .1 .1 - .1 .1 - I

 50 TIMBERLANE RUN INO UNKN I I I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 53 HARBINWOOD ESTATES DN )NO UNKNI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 54 MONROE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . I - .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 56 Ochlockonee River IPARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 + .1 0 01 0 .1 .1 0 01 01 0 0 1

 57 MULE CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 59 LITTLE RIVER I PARTIAL FAIR I . I . I . . . .

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FO

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER. QUIAITY INDEX F

 BOD-BIOCHEH. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

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 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'-DEGRADING TRE24_' 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TR-_ND 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B TI D DI T Fl T F l<--- PLEASE READ THESE CO

 '.'=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or St N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 0) C C) E L I

 I------------- I ALL 11 il L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 .1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I T1 1 11 1

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, PRE

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I t t I I I-------------------------

 68 JUNIPER CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . .1 . .1 1

 73 YON CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I I I

 el TALLAHMSEE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I . .1 - .1 . .1 - .1 . .1 - . i

 83 TANYARD BRANCH IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I 1 1

 85 HURRICANE CREEK IYES GOODI I I I . .1 .1 .1 - .1 .1 1

 87 QUINCY CREEK IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 . . . . 1 0 .1 0 .1 .1 0 01 .1 + 0 1

 91 HUBBERT BPANCH IPARTIAL FAIRi I I I I I I I 1 1

 94 HOLMAN BRANCH IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I 1 1

 96 Ochlockonee live. IPARTIAL FAIRI + I + I + + . .1 0 .1 a .1 .1 0 a( a

 98 WILLACOOCHEE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 102 SWAMP CREEK 1PARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURS TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND E

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER OULAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AND

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CliLk-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 -4

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE @ ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

 -SEE PAGE 11 FOR LEGEND FOR THIS TABLE-

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 y I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S 

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G E @ 'I R N M T

 2 1297A OCHLOCKONEE RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 15 1297B OCHLOCKONEE RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 17 1300 TELOGIA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x

 21 1297C Lake Talquin GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 22- 879 HAMMOCK CREEK THREAT x x x x x x

 23- 900 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 24- 902 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 25* 882 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 26* 884 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 27* 8 87 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 28 811 OCKLAWARA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x

 29* 860 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 30 1297D Lake Talquin FAIR THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 32* 849 MCINTOSH BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 33* 845 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 34* 842 TODD BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 35* 835 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 36* 832 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 37- 831 POLE BRANCH THREAT x x K x x x

 38* 823 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 40* 818 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 41- 804 MULE CREEK THREAT x x x x x x

 42* 817 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 43* 814 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 44* 816 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 45* 810 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 46* 798 DOUBLE BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 47* 801 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 48 757 BEAR CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x

 49* 796 JUNIPER BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 51* 1304 ROCKY COMFORT CREEK THREAT x x x x x x x x x

 52* 1308 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 54 711 MONROE CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 55* 737 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 56 1297E Ochlockonee River FAIR THREAT x x x x x x x x x x x x x

 59 424 LITTLE RIVER FAIR THREAT x x x x x x x x x

 60* 726 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 61* 710 SWEETWATER BRANCH THREAT x x x 

 62@ 720 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 63* 1307 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT x x x x K x

 64- 707 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 65* 709 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 66* 714 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x x

 67* 687 CAMP CREEK THREAT x x x x x x

 68 682 JUNIPER CREEK FAIR THREAT x x x x x x

 69* 691 LONG BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x

 71* 659 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x x x x x 

 72- 677 UNNAMED SLOUGH THREAT x x x x x x

 73 626 YON CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x

 %cl

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 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH 

 THE * ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AV

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 74- 67z UNNAMED RUN THREAT x X X x x

 751 605 COX CREEK THREAT x x X 

 76- 643 UNNAMED RIJN TgREAT X X X x x

 77- 617 JTUNIPER BRANCH THREAT x X X x X

 78* '305 LITTLE TELOGIA CREEK THREAT x X X x x

 79- 6'15 SO PRONG TANYARD BR TgiEAT X X X 

 80. 629 UNNAMED RUN THRtAT X X X x x

 81 =79 TALLAHASSEE CREEK GOOD THfiAT x X X X x

 82* 602 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT X X X X x

 83 z95 TANYARD BRANCH FAIR THREAT x X X 

 84* 568 UNNAMED RUN THREAT X X X X x

 85 540 HURRICANE CREEK GOOD THREAT x X x 

 86* 524 LEWIS CREEK THREAT x x X 

 87 '303 QUINCY CREEK GOOD THREAT X. X X 

 88* 5@8 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT x X X x x

 89* 505 WINKLEY BRANCH THREAT x X k 

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 90. '_302 MCDONALD BRANCH THREAT X X X X x

 91 499 HUBBERT BRANCH FAIR THREAT X X X 

 92* 497 HURRICANE BRANCH THREAT x X X X X

 94 1301 HOLMAN BRANCH FAIR THREAT x X x 

 95* 485 PITTMAN BRANCH THREAT x X X X X

 96 -_j97F Ochlockonee River FAIR THRiAT X X X X X X X

 97* 1299 unnamed branch THREAT X X X X X

 96 4' 0 WILLACOOCHEE CREEK GOOD THREAT x X X 

 99* -296 INTERLOCKING LAKES THRkAT X X X 

 100. 440 UNNAMED STREAM THREAT x X x X 

 101* 460 UNNAMED RUN THREAT X. X k 

 102 427 SWAMP CREEK FAIR FAIR X X 

 103* 430 SHAW CREEK THREAT X. x X x X x

 104- -297G Ochlockonee River THREAT X. x X x X X x

 105* 417 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT X X X 

 106* 428 MILL CREEK THREAT 

 107* 402 UNNAMED RUN THREAT x X x 

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 PENSACOLA BAY BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: 543 square miles

 Major Land Uses: silviculture, urban development

 Population Density: moderate, to high, along Bay and Gulf (Pensacola,

 Gulf Breeze, Ft. Walton Beach)

 Major Pollution Sources: urban runoff, WWTP

 Best Water Quality Areas: Santa Rosa Sound

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Bayou Chico, Bayou Texar, areas assessed by

 nonpoint source survey

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at 7 sites

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Yellow River Marsh State Aquatic Preserve

 Gulf Islands National Seashore

 Ft. Pickens Park State Aquatic Preserve

 SWIM Waterbodies: Pensacola Bay Area

 Reference Reports:

 Pensacola Bay SWIM Plan, NWFW?v1D, 1990

 Bayou Texar Study, DEP (Pensacola), 1987

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444/8300

 David Heil, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-5471

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-83 80

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 * A bill that would change the boundaries of Santa Rosa and Escambia,

 Counties, possibly allowing less restrictive coastal development, was

 recently passed by the Governor.

 * A controversial proposal to dig a pass through Santa Rosa Island near

 Navarre is being debated.

 * Several large fish kills occurred during late summer/fall of 1990 and

 1991 in tributaries of Pensacola Bay.

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 Ecological Characterization

 The Pensacola Bay Basin (located in northwest Florida) has a drainage area of 543 square

 miles. The basin consists of several connected waterbodies. To the west is Escambia Bay

 which receives flow from the Escambia River at 6,500 cfs. The Blackwater River (400

 cfs) and Yellow River (1,500 cfs) empty into Blackwater Bay which widens to become

 East Bay. Escambia and East Bays are relatively low salinity estuaries. They merge to

 join the more saline Pensacola Bay waterbody which opens to the Gulf of Mexico between

 Perdido Key and Santa Rosa Island. Santa Rosa Sound is a lagoon between the mainland

 and Santa Rosa Island that receives very little freshwater input.

 Most of the eastern portion of the basin consists of state forest lands and Eglin Air Force

 Base. The city of Milton lies at the head of Blackwater Bay. The Escambia River drains

 mostly silvicultural lands, but the Escambia Bay drainage contains considerable

 urbanization. The Pensacola Bay portion of the basin is almost entirely urbanized.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The main water quality problems in the area are upper Escambia Bay and the nearshore

 portions of Pensacola Bay. Additionally, Bayou Chico and Bayou Texar drain the

 Pensacola urban area and have pollution problems.

 Water quality problems in Escambia Bay are mostly due to point sources. Reduced DO

 concentrations, fish kills and bacteria problems have been evident around the mouth of the

 Escambia River. The University of West Florida WWTP, Monsanto industrial discharge

 and Gulf Power thermal discharge enter the Escambia River upstream of the mouth. The

 University of West Florida's WNVTF was issued a TOP requiring actions to be taken to

 either upgrade th-- facility to AWT or eliminate their current discharge to surface waters.

 In addition, this portion of the bay received discharge from two chemical manufacturing

 companies (CYTEC, formerly American Cyanamid, and Air products). Both discharges

 have been found to be toxic in several bioassay tests. Monsanto also has a history of

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 toxicity. These companies discharge high levels of nitrogen and BOD. Problems in the

 upper bay were complicated by poor flushing due to natural circulation patterns and an old

 railroad bridge. A new railroad bridge has recently been constructed and the old one

 removed. Reports indicate significantly better circulation. Located on the eastern side of

 Escambia Bay is Mulatto Bayou which receives stormwater runoff from Avalon Beach.

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 Indian Bayou, in the southeastern portion of Escambia Bay, still supports a seagrass bed

 community.

 Water quality improves in Pensacola Bay, mostly due to better flushing and the greater

 influence of Gulf waters. However, both nonpoint and point sources affect the bayous in

 Pensacola. Bayou Chico has very poor water quality. The bayou has bacteria, fish kill

 and nutrient problems. In addition to stormwater, it receives shipyard runoff, historic

 discharge from Reichold Chemicals, and the Warrington WWTP discharge. Historically, it

 was also degraded by chemical, lumberyard and creosote industries. Sediments are

 polluted with metals and support reduced macroinvertebrate life. A study of the sediments

 performed by the University of Florida found that various polycyclic aromatic

 hydrocarbons (PAH) and phenolic compounds were migrating from the American

 Creosote site to Pensacola Bay at the mouth of Bayou Chico (Delfino et al., 1991). The

 investigators also found I I OPP's and 3 PAHs and p-chloro-m-cresol in the waters of

 Bayou Chico. The water concentration of tetrachloroethylene (11.5 mg/1) at one station

 exceeded both EPA Human Health Criteria and the FDEP Surface Water Quality criteria

 for Class III waters. Additionally, at two stations phenanthreone and pyrene also

 exceeded the EPA Human Health Criteria. The two creeks which feed this bayou

 (Jackson Creek and Jones Creek) also exhibit water quality problems from urban runoff.

 Several actions have been and are being taken to alleviate problems in Bayou Chico.

 Improved stormwater treatment from the shipyards, Reichold Chemicals, Corry Field (a

 Navy installation) and a shopping complex have been negotiated. Additionally, a

 sedimentation basin (funded mostly by DEP) is being constructed in one of the three arms

 of the bayou to capture sand and organic sediment from stormwater. The Warrington

 plant has upgraded its treatment and since 1990, discharges to the Main Street W)ArTP

 rather than Pensacola Bay. DEP has been conducting a survey of sediments in port areas

 throughout the State. This study found that sediments in the Pensacola Bay port area east

 of Bayou Chico were the only ones in the State to contain phenols.

 Bayou Texar, although not as degraded as Bayou Chico, has had increasing fish kill

 problems in recent years. It receives discharge from 68 storm sewers and discharge from

 Carpenters Creek containing heavy suspended solids loads. Recently, the City has

 proposed a demonstration project (funded by DEP) to modify four of these sewers to

 allow partial treatment of the stormwater before entering the bayou. In addition, a study

 by the University of West Florida will assess the problems of the bayou and make

 recommendations. As part of the Pensacola Bay SWINI plan, these two bayou drainages,

 as well as other drainages, will be monitored to determine their pollutant loading to the

 bay. The summer and fall of 1991 were particularly devastating for marine life. Large fish

 kills occurred in both Bayous Chico and Texar. As much as 10-12 tons of fish were

 removed. Crabs dying in traps were found in Santa Rosa Sound. High nutrient runoff

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 from Tiger Point Golf Course and low dissolved oxygen levels probably contributed to the

 die-off of crabs.

 Pensacola Bay proper also receives discharge from Pensacola's Main Street wastewater

 treatment plant. Two years of water chemistry samples were collected by the facility in

 the bay around the discharge point and at several background sites. They indicated that

 the bay was assimilating the current discharge but that loadings should not be increased.

 DEP biological sampling indicates low diversity and heavy organic sedimentation a-round

 the discharge. Furthermore, the plant has been found toxic in several bioass4ys.

 The USEPA has research projects in Pensacola Bay including EMAP and estuarine

 assessments of Bayou Chico, Bayou Texar, and Bayou Grande. Sediment toxicity,

 chemistry and benthic macroinvertebrates are included as research parameters.

 Preliminary findings has shown sediment toxicity in upper Bayou Texar below the 12th

 Avenue Bridge. No scientifically defensible cause and effect have been established for-this

 observation at this time. Recent 5th year surveys for Navarre WWTP, NAS WWTP, and

 Main Street WWTP have not shown biological impact due to these sources, however

 AGP results indicate that nutrient loading to Pensacola Bay should not be increased.

 Santa Rosa Sound has good water quality. It is threatened by development of the island,

 ditching and stormwater. Only two WWTPs currently discharge to Santa Rosa Sound,

 Navarre Beach and Pensacola Beach. Both facilities provide tertiary treatment prior to

 discharge. Finally, the City of Navarre has proposed cutting a pass (and marina) through

 the island.

 Dissolved oxygen violations were recorded in upper Escambia Bay below industrial

 outfalls during April, 1994. Citizen continue to complain about dirty foam originating

 near these outfalls. Additional public complaints were received that the CYTEC

 (formerly American Cyanamid) outfall pipe had broken again.

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 Serious fishkilis occurred in East Bay during September 1993. This area's history is

 similar to Bayou Texar where increased development led to increased nutrient loading

 which during neap tides with little wind mixing during cloudy late summer/early fall

 caused die off of algal blooms and fishkills. The East Bay area is developing with many

 waterfront home owners and the resulting nutrient laden nonpoint source runoff is

 beginning to contribute to the fishkills. A bridge permitted in June, 1994 to cross East

 Bay can be expected to exacerbate population growth in the watershed.

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 Mulatto Bayou has experienced turbidity, sedimentation, and habitat destruction from

 construction of a golf course in its headwaters. Enforcement action resulted in sediment

 dredging from the Bayou. Local homeowners still complain that fish and wildlife are now

 scarce in the bayou and blame runoff from the Moors golf course development.

 Fishkills around Tiger Point golf course/WWTP in Santa Rosa Sound for summer 1993

 were reported after the fact by citizens and the Gulf Islands National Seashore park

 supervisor.

 Big Lagoon's water quality data has been added to the Perdido Bay basin section of this

 305(b) report. It is an OFW with Big Lagoon State Park and Gulf Islands National

 Seashore Park and has the only nursery area of turtle (Ihalassia) seagrass beds in

 Escambia Co. This area is being intensely developed with condominiums, subdivision, and

 marinas.

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 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISS

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY 

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 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 2 PENSACOLA BAY (MOUTH) 246 71 88 Historical 6.0 3.0 11 12 8.2 

 3 BAYOU GRANDE 48 71 76 Historical 9.4 1.4 28 8 7.9 

 4 PENSACOLA BAY (MID) 582 71 88 Historical 3.7 2.3 11 12 7.7 

 7 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF 22 72 88 Historical 3.0 3.0 10 11 9.7 

 8 SANTA ROSA SOUND 11 89 89 Current 0.5 . 25 16 

 10 DIRECT RUNOFF TO 13AY 2 90 90 Current 2.0 1.8 10 19 8.1 

 13 BAYOU CHICO 24 89 91 Current 7.5 1.0 35 21 8.2 

 14 PENSACOLA BAY (N) 500 71 88 Historical 3.7 1.9 10 15 B.2 

 17 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 22 71 80 Historical 11.0 0.8 25 11 4.9 

 18 BAYOU GRANDE 11 89 92 Current 4.4 1.0 33 15 3.9 

 EAST RIVER BAY 14 90 93 Current 21.0 7.3 

 21 EAST BAY B 91 92 Current 6.5 1.6 34 16 7.4 

 22 TEXAR BAYOU 19 89 92 Current 2.6 1.5 21 6 6.2 

 24 ESCAMBIA BAY (S) 1107 70 88 Historical 11.3 0.9 40 28 7.9 

 30 TROUT BAYOU 9 92 92 Current 7.1 0.8 70 8 4.1 

 32 BLACKWATER. BAY 14 92 93 Current 8.4 1.1 40 12 8.4 

 33 INDIAN BAYOU 9 92 92 Current 7.5 1.0 60 10 5.5 

 37 ESCAMBIA BAY (N) 26 89 93 Current 5.0 0.9 40 12 7.3 

 42 MULATTO BAYOU 10 92 92 Current 23.0 0.5 120 14 4.7 

 44 JUDGES BAYOU 9 92 92 Current 11.0 0.9 75 9 5.8 

 ,45 BLACKWATER BAY 14 92 93 Current 3.1 1.5 35 3 8.6 

 - WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 9 JONES CREEK 19 89 92 Current 5.7 1.0 60 5 3.9 

 is JACKSON CREEK 16 89 92 Current 2.1 1.0 16 4 6.1 

 25 PRAIRIE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 1.0 0.6 15 1 8.6 

 29 CARPENTER CREEK 19 89 92 Current 3.5 2.0 36 5 7.7 

 31 LIVE OAK CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.6 1.0 10 4 8.7 

 39 TURTLE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 1.3 0.9 10 1 9.1 

 47 PACE MILL CREEK 94 71 88 Historical 15.5 0.8 58 7 7.0 

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L 

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140105 PENSACOLA BAY

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'X'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA I SCREENING VARIABLES 

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 3 BAYOU GRANDE IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 4 PENSACOLA BAY (MID) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 

 7 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 8 SANTA ROSA SOUND IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 10 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 x 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 

 13 BAYOU CHICO IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 

 14 PENSACOLA DAY (N) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 17 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 18 BAYOU GRANDE IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 19 EAST RIVER BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x I 

 21 EAST BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 0 

 22 TEKAR BAYOU IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 0 

 24 ESCAMBIA BAY (S) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x x 

 30 TROUT BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 32 BLACKWATER BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 33 INDIAN BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 37 ESCAMBIA BAY (N) IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I a 

 42 MULATTO BAYOU IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x I x 1 0 

 44 JUDGES BAYOU IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 45 BLACKWATER BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 0 

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 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 9 JONES CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 15 JACKSON CREEK IFAIR Current I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 25 PRAIRIE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 29 CARPENTER CREEK IPAT FL Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 

 31 LIVE OAK CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 39 TURTLE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 47 PACE MILL CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 x 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECKIS BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,C0D,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

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 7 DIRECT V--.','OFF TO GULF IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 8 SANTA ROSA SOUND IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 10 DIRECT R`-NOFF -0 BAY IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 13 BAYOU CH:C0 !PARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 0 1 0 01 x .1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 14 PENSA,^,:.A BAY (N) IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . 1

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 18 BAYOU GRANDE IYES FAIRI 0 1 0 1 x 0 . .1 0 1 0 01 0 .1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 19 EAST R:V--R BAY IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 21 EAST BAY IYES GOODI I . . I

 22 TEXAR BAYOU iPARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 + 01 + 1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 24 ESC;OS:A BAY (S) [YES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 30 TROUT BAYOU IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 32 BLACKWA:---R BAY [YES GOODI I I . . . . I

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 37 ESCAMB:A BAY (N) IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 01 0 .1 0 01 0 1 a 01 + 01 0 1

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 15 JACKSON CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 a I x 0 1 0 .1 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 25 PRAIRIE CREEK IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . . 1

 29 CARPENTER CREEK IYES FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 + .1 0 01 + .1 x xi 0 01 x 1

 31 LIVE OAK CREEK )YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 39 TURTLE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 47 PACE M:"-:. CREEK @YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 ECOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERA7URE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX

 ALK-ALKA.LINI:Y FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHL,OROPHY:.- PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

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 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE * ON MAPID INDICATES No STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

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 U A E E T A H T T I 

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 P W A Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 0 D S F R

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G E D D B W I S I

 y I 1 0 p N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G E L

 1. 1007 DIRECT RUNOFF TO SAY FAT R x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 5 * 893 DIRECT RUNOFF TO SAY FAIR x x x x x x x X x x x x x x 

 

 6 * 925 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR 

 7 930 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF GOOD THREAT x x x x x 

 9 24 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY GOOD FAIR K X X X X X X X X x x x x 

 9 846A JONES CREEK FAIR POOR x x x x x x x X X x x x x 

 10 834 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY GOOD FAIR x x x x x K x x x x x X 

 11* 870 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 12* 864 WILLIAMS CREEK FAIR x x x 

 13 846 BAYOU CHICO FAIR POOR X X X X X X K X X x x x x 

 15 846B JACKSON CREEK FAIR POOP, x x x x x x x X X x x x x 

 16* 833 TOM KING BAYOU FAIR x x 

 17 829 DIRECT RUNOFF TO 13AY GOOD FAIR x x 

 le 740 BAYOU GRANDE GOOD POOR x x x x x x x X X x x x K 

 19 701 EAST RIVER BAY GOOD FAIR x x x 

 20* 825 EAST RIVER BAY FAIR x x 

 22 738 TEXAR BAYOU FAIR POOR x x x x x x x X X x x x x x 

 23* 736 PANTHER CREEK FAIR x x x x x x 

 25 685 PRAIRIE CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 

 26* 683 DEAN CREEK FAIR x x 

 27* 639 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY POOR 

 28* 663 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x 

 29 676 CARPENTER CREEK GOOD POOP, x x x x x x x X X x x x x 

 30 694 TROUT BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 31 523 LIVE OAK CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 33 649 INDIAN BAYOU GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x X X x x x x 

 34* 666 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY POOR x x x x X X X X X X 

 

 35* 635 WHITBOAK BAYOU FAI R 

 36* 669 DIRECT RUNOFF TO SAY FAIR x 

 38* 637 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x 

 39 510 TURTLE CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 40* 600 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 41* 537 JAKES BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 42 539 MULATTO BAYOU FAIR POOR x x x x x x X X X X X X x x 

 43* 534 SANDY POINT BAYOU FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x 

 44 493 JUDGES BAYOU FAIR POOR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 45 502 BLIXCKWATER BAY GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x X X x x x x x 

 46* 444 SPENCER FIELD DRAIN FAIR x x x x x x x x x x x x 

 47 420 PACE MILL CREEK GOOD FAIR x x 

 ELEVE-

 AL.

 EIGH-MILE CREEK

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 ALABAMA

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 BIG LAGOON

 GULF OF ME)aCO

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 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 Basic Facts

 Drainage Area: 350 square miles

 Major Land Uses: forest, urban development

 Population Density: moderate around coastal areas (West Pensacola, Gulf

 Beach, Avondale)

 Major Pollution Sources: pulp mill, urban runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: Marcus Creek, Eight Mile Creek

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Elevenmile Creek, Perdido Bay near mouth of

 Eleven Mile Creek, Bridge Creek

 Water Quality Trends: stable water quality at 2 sites, improving quality

 at Eleven Mile Creek, and Marcus Creek

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Gulf Islands National Seashore

 Ft. Pickens Park State Aquatic Preserve

 SWIM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1989

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8340

 David Heil, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-5471

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904/444-8380

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 In the Ng&

 Champion Paper Corp. has implemented new treatment methods for

 decreasing color in discharge water.

 * Perdido Bay Cooperative Management Study for development of a Bay

 management plan is near completion.

 * Health advisories recommending against consumption of fish because of

 high dioxin concentration have been issued for Elevenmile Creek.

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 Ecological Characterization

 Perdido Say is a relatively small Florida estuary (50 square miles) with an immediate

 drainage area of approximately 300 square miles. The center line of the bay forms the

 state boundary line between Alabama and Florida, with each state sharing approximately

 half of the basin drainage area. The Perdido River is the major- freshwater -inflow to the

 bay with an average annual flow of 700 cfs. Florida land use in the immediate drainage

 basin is primarily forest though a portion is rapidly becoming urbanized (western -edge of

 Pensacola). The Alabama side has agriculture as well as silviculture.

 Because of its small, "off-center" inlet from the Gulf, the bay is subject to rapidwater

 quality changes depending on rainfall, wind and tidal effects. After rainy periods and with

 north winds, the bay experiences extreme outflowing currents, rapid flushing and low,

 salinities. During low rainfall, low wind periods, the bay is very poorly flushed, thus

 concentrating pollutant inputs.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The most concentrated and voluminous pollution source in the basin is the Champion

 Paper Company (formerly the St. Regis Paper Company) which discharges 28 MGD of

 treated pulp mill effluent into Elevenmile Creek making up most of its flow at its

 headwaters. The historical record shows that the creek has had major water quality

 problems since the early 1970s. After the installation of a treatment facility at St. Regis

 Paper Company, water quality parameters showed improvement in the mid-1970s;

 however, in the mid-1980s Champion changed production methods to include a bleaching

 process. This change required a new permit. In the summer of 1987, the company

 applied for an operating permit and for variances in zinc, iron, lead, specific conductivity

 and transparency. The permit was contested by a local environmental group. After

 lengthy administrative hearings, and under a complicated Consent Order requiring studies

 of both treatment processes and water quality impacts, a five year temporary operation

 permit with the variances was issued in December 1989.

 The discharge negatively affects many in-stream water quality parameters, particularly

 g

 biological integrity, color, DO, BOD, nutrients, turbidity and solids. Of the 81 STORET

 samples from the creek taken in the last ten (10) years, the median value for DO was 3.4

 mg/l which is below the state criterion of 5 mg/l for Class III waters. Dissolved oxygen

 violations were recorded for Perdido Bay and ElevenMile Creek during the spring of

 1994. The Department continues to receive many water quality complaints for Perdido

 Bay. Complaints from ElevenMle Creek below the papermill now include mats of

 duckweed flowing downstream which appear to be from changes in the mill wastewater

 treatment process. The poor water quality throughout the creek is reflected in low

 density, diversity and species richness values for benthic fauna. The company is

 investigating the possibility of going to land application rather than direct discharge. This

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 should improve water quality, but would have a pronounced effect on flow in the creek.

 In the meantime, Champion has invested in numerous studies and treatment methods. One

 report indicated a 70% reduction in effluent color and further color removal studies are

 being conducted. Treatments to reduce color are likely to have positive effects on BOD

 and other parameters.

 Other dischargers to Elevenmile Creek included the Silver Lake WVVTP and the

 Cantonment WWTP. Silver Lake WWTF is no longer in operation. Flows were diverted

 to the Escambia County Utility Authority facility in January, 1994. The Cantonment

 WWTF has been notified of a no discharge WLA. A TOP is in effect requiring diversion

 of flows to the Avondale WWTF and the elimination of their discharge to ElevenMle

 Creek by February 1998. The Cantonment WV*ITP discharges just above the Champion

 discharge.

 In the last several years, a number of studies have been initiated by DEP (CZM), EPA,

 Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and

 Champion to investigate the effects of Elevenmile Creek and other tributaries on the bay

 itself. This is a difficult question to answer because of the overwhelming influence of the

 Perdido River (relative to the unusual flushing characteristics of the bay (sometimes very

 rapid, sometimes slow), and the extreme variability of the bay itself The DEP (CZM)

 study indicates that Eleverimile Creek currently contributes approximately 30% of the

 nutrients and only 10% of the freshwater input to the Bay, and that the excess carbon

 contributed by Elevenmile Creek may exacerbate seasonal low DOs in the bay. Overall,

 however, it is still unclear from the DEP (CZM) and Champion studies if the creek has

 significant long term deleterious effects in the bay. Additionally, a sampling of 48 fish

 (several species) from the bay were found to have normal liver histopathology by EPA

 (Gulf Breeze). Work on fish fillet dioxin concentrations by the EPA resulted in advisories

 being issued urging no consumption of fish from Elevenmile Creek. Fish fillets sampled

 exceeded EPA recommended maximum levels of 7 parts-per-trillion of dioxin. Another

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 study of the bay's ecology has been performed by EPA (Athens). The Perdido Bay

 Cooperative Management Study will make a comprehensive assessment of all the studies

 and identify specific management strategies for improvements to the bay. This study is

 nearing completion.

 Upper Perdido Bay also receives drainage from Eightmile Creek and Bayou Marcus which

 receive runoff from urbanized areas and have elevated water quality index values. In

 addition, the Avondale WWTP discharges to Bayou Marcus. The Avondale WWTP was

 upgraded to AWT in 1989 which improved the downstream water quality of Bayou

 Marcus. Avondale WWTF was issued a construction permit in June 1994 to expand the

 facility from 2.0 MGD to 7.1 MGD and to dispose of it's effluent to a wetland adjacent to

 Bayou Marcus AWT. Construction is to be completed prior to March 1997. Stormwater

 continues to be a pollution source to the bayou and the bay from a variety of nonpoint

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 sources. The Florida side contributes mostly urban and construction.stormwater, whereas

 the Alabama side has more agricultural runoff.

 Bayou Garcon, in the southern portion of the bay, exhibits transparencyand DO prDblems.

 In addition, there have been local reports of increased siltation at the, rnouthof the bayou

 which was attributed to new development in the watershed area. Within thelast few

 years, there has been an increase -in development in the.swampy areas west of Pensacola.

 During rainy seasons, runoff from these developments can;affect much of the eastern

 portions of the bay. The runoff problem is a major concern because the bay studies

 indicate that the lower bay is also susceptible to sediment and water pollution.

 = = m = = m m

 USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140107 PERDIDO BAY

 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALK 14I

 � WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 3 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 5 72 72 Historical 22.5 33 58 5.4 93 5.0 8.2 84 1.7

 4 BIG LAGOON 3 89 89 Current 0.5 1.2 15 16 6.7 79 1.1 7.7 0.7

 5 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 3 92 92 Current 2.5 1.5 10 22 3.0 31 0.7 3 8.0 0.5

 13 PERDIDO BAY 47 89 93 Current 5.0 0.8 50 11 7.9 85 1.6 5 7.3 64 0.9

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 10 UNNAMED STREAM 3 92 92 Current 2.5 1.0 85 3 2.5 25 0.5 6 6.2 . 0.6

 12 BRIDGE CREEK 13 72 88 Historical 205.5 1.2 64 1260 4.4 54 15.1 7.0 53 15.03

 15 MARCUS CREEK 38 89 92 Current 2.9 . 23 3 6.9 70 0.4 3 6.4 . 0.7

 16 BELLSHEAD BRANCH 6 92 92 Current 3.4 0.6 60 2 6.1 76 4 6.9 12 0.2

 19 TURNER CREEK 14 72 75 Historical 14.0 65 . 5.8 59 1.8 7.5 11 1.0

 20 UNNAMED BRANCH 9 89 92 Current 2.5 45 3 6.7 71 0.5 6 6.7 0.9

 21 HURST BRANCH 6 91 91 Current 6.5 70 3 6.2 65 1.4 8 5.9 0.3

 22 EIGHTMILE CREEK 18 89 92 Current 17.2 60 3 6.1 63 0.5 7 6.7 1.1

 23 ELEVENMILE CREEK 81 89 92 Current 27.0 0.2 188 28 3.4 41 8.0 37 7.5 266 5.0

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #0BS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMPLES SD-

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHIJk-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

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 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UNHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 SURFACE WATER QUAL:T'y DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140107 PERDIDO BAY

 MEDIAN VA:,U---S FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EXCE--Dc SCR--R@ING CRITERIA SCREENING

 '01-WIT;::,; SCR:_NING CRITERIA

 NG DATA

 1 RANK DATA RECORD[ TN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND 

 I------------------ I I IF I TP I I I TSS I 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 I PH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 

 ID N AM I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I I 

 WATER BODY TYP-: -STUARY

 3 DIRE", X":\'OFF TO BAY I FAIR Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 4 BIG LAGOON I GOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 

 5 DIRE,--, XI@NOFF TO BAY I GOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 

 13 PERDIDO BAY I FAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 x 

 WATER BODY STREAM

 10 UNNKIE" S_R7AM I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 

 12 BRIDGE R-rz-K I POOR Historical I x I x I 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 

 15 MARCUS R:E_K GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 

 16 BELLSH:P_' B3,VCH I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 19 TUILNER CREEK I FAIR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 

 20 U,';,NA.--:) 3RWI7:-. i GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 

 21 HURST I GOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 22 EIGHT-LE I FAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 23 ELEV.NM:--- CREEK POOR Current I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKA.LIN77Y DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM B

 BECK-BECK'S B:OT:C INDEX CIJRRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED 

 BIOL DIV-B:0:@X-::A:. DIVERS:-Y DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-cHLoRo?@-.-_-_ DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METER

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140107 PERDIDO BAY

 TRENDS -SOURCES - CLEANUP

 'X'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS I

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND 1W TI T T C Sl P Al T T1 B T1 D DI T Fl I F l<--- PLEASE READ THESE COLUMN

 '.'=MISSING DATA lQUALITY RANK JOVER-JQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL IT ii L I KI R Sl D Cl si 0 01 m 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L L! P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I Tj 1 11 1

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, PRESENT

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I I I I I I I I I I-----------------------------

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 3 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I 1 1

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 4 BIG LAGOON IYES GOODI .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 5 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IYES GOODI .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 13 PERDIDO BAY ]PARTIAL FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 01 0 .1 0 01 0 .1 0 01 0 01 0 1

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 10 UNNA14ED STREAM IYES GOODI .1 .1 1

 12 BRIDGE CREEK INO POORI .1 .1 1

 15 MARCUS CREEK IYES GOOD1 + I + I + 0 0 .1 0 .1 + 01 + .1 0 01 + +1 0 1

 16 BELLSHEAD BRANCH IYES GOODI . I . I . . . . I . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . .1 . 1

 19 TURNER CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I I I I I I 1 1

 20 UNNAMED BRANCH IYES GOODI + I + I + 0 .1 0 .1 + X1 0 .1 + +1 0 01 0 1

 21 HURST BRANCH ]YES GOODI . I . I . . I - .1 . .1 - .1 . .1 . .1 . 1

 22 EIGHTMILE CREEK IYES FAIRI 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .1 0 01 0 1 0 01 0 01 x 1

 23 ELEVENMILE CREEK INO POORI + I + 1 0 0 0 01 0 .1 0 01 0 1 0 01 + +1 0 1

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TOOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND ESTUA

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QUIAITY INDEX FOR STREAKS AND SPR

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS W

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 U A E E T A H I 

 T C D S H D 0 L A H 

 W W R T I T E E X I M B E 

 P W Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L W 1 

 B 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M 

 7 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C 

 D D 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L D T R L M H M D P G E L D R N 

 1. 489A `_'PLS7 BRANCH THREAT x x 

 2- 1015 RUNOFF TO GULF THREAT x x x x x 

 3 1014 D:REC-1 RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR THREAT x x x x x x 

 4 1004 3:G LAGOON GOOD THREAT x x x x 

 991 _':RECT RUNOFF TO BAY GOOD FAIR x x x x x 

 6- 1018 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY FAIR x x x x 

 7* 974 D-. R_CT RUNOFF TO BAY THREAT x x x x x x 

 7* 974 PERDIDO BAY THREAT x x x x x x 

 9* 945 7ARKILN BAYOU POOR x x x 

 10 935 -NNAMED STREAM GOOD POOR x x x x x x 

 li* 871 D:RECT RUNOFF TO BAY POOR x x x 

 12 872 BRIDGE CREEK POOR POOR x x x 

 13 797 BAY FAIR FAIR x x x x x x 

 .4- 848 D-RECT RUNOFF TO BAY POOR x x x x x x x x x 

 15 697 Y.ARCUS CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x 

 16 779 BELLSHEAD BRANCH GOOD FAIR x x x x x 

 17* 763 :):REC-I RUNOFF TO BAY POOR x x x 

 18, 784 :):kEC- RUNOFF TO BAY POOR x x x 

 19 730 70PINER CREEK FAIR FAIR x x x x x x x 

 20 725 UNNAMED BRANCH GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x 

 21 681 H:,RST BRANCH GOOD THREAT x x 

 22 624 --:GHTM--LE CREEK GOOD POOR x x x x x x x x 

 23 489 EL-EVEIN'MILE CREEK POOR FAIR x x x x x x x x 

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 USHY CREEK

 AC DAVID CREEK

 "I Y,

 PERDIDO RIVER KS BRANCH

 PERDIDO BAY

 PERDIDO RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03140106 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 Basic Facts

 Drainage Area: 913 square miles (about 25% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: forest, agriculture, wetlands

 Population Density: low, no major population centers in Florida

 Major Pollution Sources: industrial sources in Alabama

 Best Water Quality Areas: Perdido River

 Worst Water Quality Areas: no significant problem areas

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at 3 sites, improvement at Lower

 Perdido River

 OFW Waterbodies: Perdido River

 SWIM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

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 In the News

 * A citizens action group (Friends of Perdido Bay) is seeking

 congressional action to designate the Perdido River under the Wild

 and Scenic Rivers Act.

 * Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largemouth bass

 due to mercury content have been issued for the Perdido River.

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 Ecological Characterization

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 The Perdido River forms the boundary between Florida. and Alabama. The basin'�,

 drainage area'is-913 square Miles, of which only 25% is located in Florida. The -river i's

 blackwater in nature and meanders through mostly sand and gravel substrate, The@river

 discharges at about 700 cfs into Perdido Bay and is estuarine an&tidal in its--lowest reacir.

 The basin is mostly forested, and silviculture. is the pnimary land use in Florida; however,

 the upper basin contains significant. agricultural- lands.. There - islittle urban. area within the

 basin.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Water quality in'the uppet'basin is generally good. All stream reaches meet-their-

 designated use. One historical problem area in the,basin is Jacks Branch. In the.early

 1980.s, there was some hazardous waste contamitfation: from Dubose. Oil, Company 'to.,

 JacksBranch. Since that time the State and EPA have contained, this pollution source -and

 are involved in the cleanup process.

 The lower river reaches are allected by water fi-om Perdido Bay.. The lower river. i&

 considered fair to poor by district personnel, exhibiting very low bottom DO levels,*aitd,

 concomitant low benthic diversity values.

 Specific problems that have occurred are as follows. The Perdido Landfill had water

 quality violations of turbidity, fecal and total coliforms, and pH, in tributaries emptying

 into the Perdido River. In addition, 28 acres ofjurisdictional wetlands were filled without

 a permit. Escambia County signed a Consent Order and agreed to pay FDEP expenses,

 fund an environmental education project, release 183 acres for a conservation easement on

 property between Perdido Landfill and the Perdido, restore disturbed wetlands, and submit

 a Surface Water Assessment Plan f67r the facility. A criminal investigation of the Perdido

 landfill was Conducted during 1993/4 by EPA. State monitoring found a contaminated

 stream flowing off the property with very low diversity and an altered community

 structure dominated by bloodworms. A background tributary just upstream was clear,

 with a diverse benthic community with fish, stoneflies, and mayflies etc.

 Boggy Creek has severe erosion problems from historical silviculture activities as reported

 by the Soil Conservation Service. The water body is a candidate site for FDEP's Pollution

 Recovery Trust Fund.

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 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

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 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY 

 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ----------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALK N

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM 

 1 PERDIDO RIVER 82 89 92 Current 3.4 1.3 49 8 6.9 73 0.4 5 6.5 12 0

 3 PERDIDO RIVER 45 89 93 Current 3.5 1.1 45 3 8.2 86 0.3 4 5.6 1 0

 7 PERDIDO RIVER 10 92 93 Current 2.7 0.9 25 2 8.2 82 2 6.4 2 0

 8 JACKS BRANCH 2 89 89 Current 3.5 . 50 6 5.5 64 1.0 5.2 . 0

 9 PERDIDO RIVER 28 89 93 Current 2.7 0.8 45 3 7.8 82 0.3 4 5.4 1 0

 11 JACKS BRANCH 6 92 93 Current 9.2 0.7 75 3 4.9 52 7 5.8 2 0

 13 COWDEVIL CREEK 7 92 92 Current 1.2 0.3 10 1 9.3 90 1 5.5 1 1

 14 PENASULA CREEK 8 92 93 Current 3.4 0.6 50 2 7.6 81 6 5.8 1 0

 18 ALLIGATOR CREEK 7 92 92 Current 1.4 0.4 is 1 8.8 91 1 5.8 1 1

 25 MC DAVID CREEK 6 92 92 Current 4.3 0.7 30 3 8.0 85 3 5.3 4 0

 28 BOGGY CREEK 6 92 93 Current 6.5 0.6 33 4 7.8 82 2 6.0 2 0

 29 HELVERSON CREEK 6 92 92 Current 2.8 0.6 60 2 5.5 60 9 4.9 1 0

 35 FREEMA14 SPRINGS BRANCH 6 92 92 Current 1.9 0.3 40 2 3.9 45 5 5.0 1 0

 36 BRUSHY CREEK 12 89 92 Current 4.1 31 4 7.7 80 0.2 3 6.2 . 0

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMPLES SD

 ALK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CPS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140106 PERDIDO RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'-EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA I SCREENING VARIABLE

 '0'=WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA I 

 '.'=YISSING, DATA I I I I I 

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYG

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMA

 I WQI. CURRENT I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I IPH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I i I I I TOC>

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 1 PERDIDO RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 

 3 PERDIDO RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 7 PERDIDO RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 8 JACKS BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I 1 0 1 0 1 

 9 PERDIDO RIVER JGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 11 JACKS BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 13 COWDEVIL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 14 PENASULA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 18 ALLIGATOR CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 25 MC DAVID CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 28 BOGGY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 29 HELVERSON CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 35 FREEMAN SPRINGS BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 

 36 BRUSHY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

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 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 19@3 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD.,COD',TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIJ)S

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE P.IVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITRCGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 6.)

 m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140106 PERDIDO RIVER

 T KENDS -SOURCES -CLEANUp

 :X:@DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 0 =STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W TI I T C Sl P Al T T1 B Ti D DI T F1 T F l<--- PLEASE READ 

 '.'-MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK 10VER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C C I E L I

 I------------- I ALL II il L I KI R Sl D Cl Sl 0 01 M 0 1

 1 VJQI [TREND[ I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I TI I Il I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATION SOUR

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- ------------------

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I PERDIDO RIVER IYES GOODI + I + I + 0 0 +1 0 .1 0 01 + .1 0 01 + +1 +

 3 PERDIDO RIVER IYES GOOD I + I + I + 0 . .1 0 xl 0 01 0 .1 0 01 + 01 0 0 1

 7 PERDIDO RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I - .1

 8 JACKS BRANCH IYES GOODI I I . . . . I - .1

 9 PERDIDO RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 x . .1 0 .1 0 +1 0 .1 0 01 + 01 0 1

 11 JACKS BRANCH ]YES GOODI I I . . . . I - .1

 13 COWDEVIL CREEK IYES GOODI

 14 PENASULA CREEK [YES GOODI I I . . . . I

 18 ALLIGATOR CREEK IYES GOOD I I I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 25 MC DAVID CREEK IYES GOODI 1 .1 1

 28 BOGGY CREEK IYES GOOD I 1 .1 1

 29 HELVERSON CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 35 FREEMAN SPRINGS BRANCH IYES GOOD I I I . . . . 1 .1

 36 BRUSHY CREEK IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 0 .1 0 01 + .1 0 01 0 01 0

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKE

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WPQI-WATER QUIAITY INDEX FOR STR

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PROSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

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 AN "X9 INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

 -SEE PAGE 11 FOR LEGEND FOR THIS TABLE-

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 U A E E T A H T T I U I T

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 3 S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G 

 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T 

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 1 4 62A PERDIDO RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 2- 6@6 BLACK LAKE FAIR x x x 

 3 462B PERDIDO RIVER GOOD FAIR X X K X X x 

 4- 616 BEULAH DRAIN FAIR x x x 

 5- 607 CIAYPIT BRANCH FAIR x x 

 6- 542 REST AREA RUN FAIR X X X X X X X K X x x x x x 

 7 462 PERDIDO RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 8 494 JACKS BRANCH GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 9 462C PERDIDO RIVER GOOD FAIR x x x x x x 

 10. 407 FARM HILL RUN THREAT x x x x x x 

 11 2@1 JACKS BRANCH GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 12- 357 CHURCHHOUSE BRANCH THREAT x x x x x x 

 13 345 COWDEVIL CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x k x 

 14 2D7 PENASULA CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 15- 3'_ I BOWMAN CREEK THREAT x 

 16- 290 DRY CREEK THREAT x x x x x x 

 17* 273 COWHIDE CREEK THREAT x 

 18 245 ALLIGATOR CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x x x 

 19* 12D DIRECT RUNOFF TO STM THR1kT x x x x x x 

 20* 259 POND BRANCH THREAT x 

 21* 252 STILL BRANCH THREAT x 

 22* 243 SCHOOLHOUSE BRANCH THREAT x 

 23* 228 JACKSON SPRINGS BRANCH THREAT x 

 24* 208 MCDADE CREEK iHREAT x 

 25 '49 MC DAVID CREEK GOOD THREAT x 

 26- 32 DIRECT RUNOFF TO SIM THREAT x x x x x x 

 27- .82 WEST FORK THREAT x 

 28 .35 BOGGY CREEK GOOD THREAT x 

 29 i48 HELVERSON CREEK GOOD THREiT x x x 

 30- .97 NARROW GAP BRANCH THREAT x 

 31* 72E DIRECT RUNOFF TO STM THREAT x x x x x x 

 32- :72 REEDY BRANCH THREAT x x x 

 33* 165 BUCKEYE BRANCH THREAT x 

 34* '38 ROCKY CREEK THREAT x 

 35 '105 FREEMAN SPRINGS BRANCH GOOD THREAT x 

 36 4 BRUSHY CREEK GOOD FAIR x x x x x x x 

 37- 72F DIRECT RUNOFF TO STM THREAT x x x x x x 

 38* '73 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT x 

 39- 3 REEDY BRANCH THREXf x 

 40* 2F DIRECT RUNOFF TO STM FAIR x x x x x 

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 ST. ANDREWS BAY BASIN WATER QUAUTY

 03140101 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS UNK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 ST. ANDREWS BAY BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: 1,350 square miles

 Major Land Uses: forest, urban development

 Population Density: low, moderate around Bay (Panama City, Lynn Haven

 Tyndall Air Force Base)

 Major Pollution Sources: paper mills, WWTP, urban runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: Econfina Creek, Sandy Creek

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Panther Swamp, Beatty BAYOU

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at 2 sites, improvement at

 Econfina Creek

 OFW Waterbodies:

 St. Joseph Bay State Aquatic Preserve

 St. Andrews State Park Aquatic Preserve

 Lake Powell

 SWIM Waterbodies: Deer Point Lake

 Reference Reports:

 Deer Point Lake SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, 1991

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 David Heil, DEP (Tallahassee), 904/488-5471

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola) 904/444-8380

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 In the News

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 * The dredging operation at Military Point Lagoon has been completed.

 The lagoon, which serves Bay County, the Four City Sewer System,

 Tyndall Air Force Base, Stone Container Corporation and Panama City

 was cleared of a large buildup of sludge. Biochemical oxygen demand

 has been -reduced by 50 percent.

 * Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largemouth bass

 due to mercury content have been issued for Deer Point Lake and

 Econfina Creek.

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 � A notice of violation was given to Bay County for 66 sites because of

 stonnwater runoff caused erosion and sedimentation into waters of

 th-- State.

 � A die-back of salt marsh cordgrass has been occurring along the inner

 perimeter of the St. Andrews Bay.

 Stone Container pulpmill will be closed most of the surnmer (1994) due to

 an industrial accident.

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 Ecolop-ical Characterization

 St. Andrews Bay Basin encompasses a large bi-lobed em, bayment on the panhandle of

 Florida. To the west of the inlet, West Bay and North Bay form one lobe. On the

 southeast is St. Andrews Bay proper, and East Bay forms the other lobe. Panama City fies

 between the lobes. The basin also includes the long stretch of coast enclosing St.

 Andrews Sound, and the large, open St. Joseph's Bay. The major freshwater inflow into

 the bay complex is the Econfina River, entering at North Bay. The northernmost bayou

 where this spring-fed river enters the bay is impounded to form the freshwater lake, Deer

 Point Lake, which is the drinking water source for Panama City. Other freshwater

 drainages into the bay are small, mostly blackwater creeks draining forest and swamp land.

 St. Josephs Bay, in the southern part of the basin, is distinctly different from the dark

 brackish waters of West, North and East Bays. It is essentially composed of the clear,

 saline waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and is separated from the Gulf by a thin dune line.

 There are no major freshwater inflows; however, the brackish Gulf County Canal connects

 the bay to the Intracoastal Waterway.

 The entire basin drains a total area of about 1,350 square miles. The watershed is

 primarily forested with an urbanized area concentrated adjacent to St. Andrews Bay. The

 major urban centers are Panama City, Lynn Haven and a narrow strip of development

 along the gulf Except for these urban areas, the primary land use is silviculture.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The St. Andrews Bay system generally exhibits good water quality. The major river

 inflow, Econfina Creek, is nearly pristine, and most of the urbanized area is concentrated

 where the bay is better flushed by the Gulf However, the Bay is threatened, not only by

 the growth-induced nonpoint source pollution, but also by several important domestic and

 industrial point sources.

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 There are several areas of concern in the basin. Deer Point Lake is the drinking water

 source for Panama City. Although its major inflow is from Econfina Creek, its other

 tributaries have some pollution impacts. Bayou George Creek has the Majette Landfill

 located in its watershed. In a 1987 study, Pond C effluent to the creek had significant

 amounts of ammonia and unionized ammonia. The creek below the landfill had elevated

 nutrients and specific conductance, and the macroinvertebrate community was depressed.

 Perhaps most threatening to the lake itself is the impact from recreation activities and

 shoreline development. Boating docks and facilities, construction activities, and

 residential development runoff add fertilizer, sediment and oils and grease to the

 watershed. The lake has severe weed problems which were treated by both the State and

 private citizens with herbicides in the seventies. Chemical treatment has been replaced by

 biological controls (grass carp). Sampling in 1989 indicated elevated values for some

 metals in the sediments near the dam and depauperate benthic fauna and low diversities in

 the mid- to lower lake. Water quality sampling indicates low DO values and some

 bacteria problems. Deer Point Lake is a priority SVM4 waterbody and plans were

 developed for its conservation and restoration including a careful study of the nonpoint

 pollution sources in the watershed.

 Nonpoint source pollution also affects several of the urban creeks and bayous. In

 addition, Beatty Bayou below the impoundment was affected by the Lynn Haven WWTP

 sprayfields. The plant diverted it's flows to the Bay County WWTP in April, 1994.

 Watson Bayou, in Panama City, also suffers from historical WWTP discharge and urban

 runoff. A major fish kill in the summer/fall of 1991 was linked to leaking sewage lines and

 a sewage discharge from the Millville WWTP. The Nonpoint Source Assessment

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 indicates some metals contamination of that waterbody. A study performed by NOAA!s

 National Status and Trends Program found high concentrations of lead, mercury, DDT,

 chlordane, PCB's, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from Watson

 Bayou. West Bay in the vicinity of the Panama City Beach WWTP, is also showing water

 quality problems with decreased DO values. Panama City Beach's recent application for

 an operating permit renewal was denied based on their current discharge to Class II

 waters. This denial is currently in the hearing mode. It is anticipated that the matter will

 be resolved through a temporary operating permit requiring appropriate actions to be

 taken to eliminate any further discharges to their present location. Finally, the St.

 Andrews WWTP which handles wastewater from Panama City appears to be affecting the

 sediments and biological richness in the vicinity of its outfall in St. Andrews Bay. St.

 Andrews WWTP will be required to upgrade to AWT when their current permit expires in

 1997.

 The most significant point source problems in the basin are treatment plants that receive

 more industrial wastes than domestic. The Bay County Regional WWTP treats industrial

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 wastewater from Stone Container (paper/pulp mill) and Arizona Chemicals Company (a

 resin processor) as well as domestic - wastewater'fr6m several small- communities. The-Bay

 County facility and the industries have jointly signed a Consent Order requiring better-

 treatment and outlining the financial penalties for non-compliaince. St. Andrews, Bay, in-

 the vicinity of the outfall at Military Point, indicates biological degradation with poor

 diversity and productivity. The, sediments in the vicinity of the- outfall have: high BOD. and-

 are rich in organics.

 The City of Port St. Joe WWTP (in Gulf County) treats wastewater from St. Joe Forest

 Products (paper/pulp mill). Premier Services Corporation (formerly known as Basic

 Magnesia, Inc.) treats wastes from it's magnesium operation. The WWTPI plant

 discharges enter the Gulf County Canal near the St. Josephs Bay where it becomes diluted,

 with good quality bay water. However, in the vicinity of the canal, sediments are mucky

 instead of sandy and seagrass coverage is decreased due to the poorer transparency of the-

 waters. Both Bay Count and City of Port St. Joe WWTP facilities discharge at- about 3-9

 MGD (of which 80-90% is from the paper companies). Both are publicly owned

 treatment plants that mutually benefit the paper companies and the counties (by virtue of,

 having the industrial development). Both of the receiving bays show biological

 degradation and shifts in sediment composition. The WWTP's have applied for a TOP

 (temporary operating permit) which will require them to address current discharge

 problems resulting from high pH and TSS.

 Lake Powell is ecologically interesting in that it has characteristics of both freshwater and

 saltwater lakes. It is also in relatively pristine condition; however, it is currently

 undergoing rapid development. The utmost care should be taken to prevent stormwater

 pollution in this sensitive area. It was recently designated as Outstanding Florida Waters.

 Other pollution sources in this basin include many small package plants and septic tanks

 which discharge poorly treated waste into ditches emptying into the St. Andrews Bay,

 significant amounts of highway and construction site runoff, and runoff from logging

 operations.

 Venture Out WWTP (currently discharging directly to St. Andrews Bay) will connect to

 Panama City Beach by November, 1994. Pride Resorts WWTP (currently discharging to

 Alligator Bayou) was issued a TOP in January 1994 requiring it to tie-in to the Panama

 City Beach WWTP or upgrade to AWT by October, 1994.

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 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH TR

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKA.LINITY 

 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS Do DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH ALK NITRO

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 1 ST. JOSEPH BAY 6 92 92 Current 1.8 0.5 20 17 5.6 70 5 B. 0 89 0.54 

 2 PANTHER SWAMP 20 92 93 Current 10.0 0.4 140 8 6.5 72 14 7.4 76 0.97 

 3 WALKER BAYOU 4 73 73 Historical . 1.5 . 12 8.3 88 0.6 8.0 . 5.37 

 4 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF 4 71 71 Historical 9.0 . 13 . 8.3 102 0.3 8.8 1 0.69 

 6 EAST BAY (E) 32 71 88 Historical 3.5 2.5 20 6 6.1 74 1.1 8.2 91 0.62 

 7 CALIFORNIA BAYOU 1 92 92 Current 7.6 1.0 30 30 7.3 83 5 7.7 74 0.57 

 8 EAST BAY (W) 88 71 87 Historical 7.0 1.8 16 12 6.5 73 1.4 8.0 100 0.58 

 9 ST. ANDREWS BAY (MOUTH) 16 73 87 Historical 2.5 37.7 11 24 8.4 96 0.9 26.4 100 0.30 

 10 PITTS BAY 17 72 88 Historical 3.2 1.9 30 12 4.5 57 1.8 7.9 99 0.52 

 11 LAIRD BAYOU 8 72 73 Historical 26.5 3.4 13 31 7.0 79 1.6 8.2 100 0.61 

 12 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 16 89 89 Current 2.0 . 60 52 6.8 77 31.8 189 6.7 . 9.64 

 14 MASSALINA BAYOU 16 92 93 Current 1.8 1.5 13 13 5.8 62 4 8.0 101 0.40 

 15 PARKER BAY 25 71 73 Historical 12.0 . 43 127 4.6 56 1.8 1460 7.9 73 0.88 

 16 ST. ANDREWS BAY (M) 118 74 86 Historical 2.0 3.0 15 5 8.8 90 0.8 - 4 8.0 108 0.36 

 17 'WOODLAWN CANAL 197 74 74 Historical 1.4 . . 5.2 63 8 7.4 . 0.40 

 18 WATSON BAYOU 46 91 93 Current 4.7 0.9 25 19 5.8 70 4.7 4 7.8 107 0.57 

 19 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 17 73 87 Historical 3.5 2.9 30 15 7.6 81 0.5 7.9 0.38 

 21 PRETTY BAYOU 167 74 74 Historical 2.7 . . 4.5 56 10 7.0 0.37 

 22 ROBINSON BAYOU 6 73 79 Historical 1.3 . 16 10 6.6 79 1.3 8.0 84 0.59 

 24 MILL BAYOU 6 13 14 Historical 2.2 1.6 14 . 6.9 83 1.8 1.4 65 0.56 

 25 GOOSE BAYOU 6 73 73 Historical 2.0 . 8 30 7.0 83 1.1 8.2 78 0.88 

 26 ST. ANDREWS BAY (N) 54 71 88 Historical 3.7 1.8 18 14 8.3 94 0.6 7 7.7 85 0.49 

 27 BEATTY BAYOU 16 92 93 Current 5.1 0.9 45 5 5.4 56 8 7.0 81 2.48 

 29 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 13 71 74 Historical 3.0 1.8 15 5 7.3 74 1.0 7.8 78 0.58 

 30 NORTH BAY (N) 26 73 76 Historical 3.0 2.1 10 14 7.3 83 1.1 8.0 70 0.63 

 31 NORTH BAY (N) 14 73 73 Historical 4.0 2.1 15 77 7.2 90 1.6 8. 0 65 0.73 

 33 WEST BAY 37 89 93 Current 2.5 1.7 18 19 7.9 83 0.7 3 7.6 . 0.41 

 35 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 6 72 72 Historical 10.5 23 5.1 71 1.5 8.4 93 1.11 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE 7 72 72 Historical 30.0 30 6.6 78 1.5 90 1.12

 34 LAKE POWELL 

 36 DEERPOINT LAKE 12 89 89 Current 2.5 1.5 60 3 7.5 87 0.6 6.4 32 0.32 

 41 WESTERN LAKE OUTLET 3 80 80 Historical . 1.5 150 6.6 21 0.28 

 44 MERIAL LAKE 32 79 80 Historical 2.0 2.1 3 8.3 96 0.69 

 48 L. GAP POND 3 80 80 Historical . 4.5 4 5.1 1 0.31 

 49 COMPASS LAKE OUTLET 34 79 79 Historical 1@0 4.3 9.1 88 0.25 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 5 WATAPPO 6 92 92 Current 8.0 0.6 80 4 7.9 85 6 7.0 4 0.37 

 13 SANDY CREEK 5 92 93 Current 2.7 0.6 30 2 8.3 89 3 6.3 5 0.13 

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 ALK-ALKALINITY ]MG/L CHLA,-CHLOROPRYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO % SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/10014L PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CPS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140101 ST ANDREWS BAY

 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA FOR !970-1993 

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1969-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINI

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- ------

 #013S YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH AL

 20 CALLOWAY CREEK 4 92 92 Current 3.5 0.2 50 1 6.3 65 3 5.7 

 23 LAKE MARTIN BAYOU 67 72 74 Historical 27.0 . 88 4 8.2 89 0.8 4.3 10

 28 BAYOU GEORGE CREEK 11 89 93 Current 7.4 0.8 100 2 6.5 70 0.9 10 6.5 24

 32 BEEFWOOD BRANCH 9 92 93 Current 2.8 0.6 110 1 7.2 74 11 4.9 

 37 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY 10 71 73 Historical 28.3 1.6 25 24 8.4 90 0.9 8.4 94

 38 SO FK LITTLE BEAR CK 7 92 93 Current 2.8 0.5 40 1 6.4 84 5 6.4 14

 40 CROOKED CREEK 10 92 93 Current 1.1 2.0 40 2 4.2 43 5 5.9 20

 42 BURNT MILL CREEK 6 89 92 Current 1.1 1.0 58 9 6.5 74 0.6 5 6.9 

 43 BEAR BRANCH 3 89 89 Current 3.0 1.8 40 3 6.8 68 0.8 6.1 19

 45 LITTE BEAR CREEK 3 89 89 Current 2.0 . 36 3 8.7 89 0.4 5.5 

 46 CEDAR CREEK 3 89 89 Curreni 3.0 0.4 100 3 7.6 79 0.5 6.0 

 47 ECONFINA CREEK 16 89 93 Current 1.0 1.4 13 2 6.7 69 0.3 1 7.3 38

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 ALK-ALkALINITY MG/L CHLA- CHLOROPHYLL UG/ L . DOSAT7DO I SATURATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE D" COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMA&D i-S/L END YR-ENDING iEAR. NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPL:IZG YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLiFORM MPN1100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX 'OND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140101 ST ANDREWS BAY

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'X'-EXCEEDS SCREE14ING CRITERIA SCREENI14G VARIABLES

 '0'--WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORDI TN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I t I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 I PH>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>10

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I TOC>27

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 1 ST. ZOSEPH BAY IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 2 PANTHER SWAMP IFAIR Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 3 WALKER BAYOU IFAIR Historical I x I 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 

 4 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 6 FAST BAY (E) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 7 CALIFORNIA BAYOU iGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 

 8 EAST BAY (W) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 9 ST. ANDREWS BAY(MOUTH) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 

 10 PITTS BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 11 LAIRD BAYOU IGOOD Historical I a I 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 

 12 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY (UNKN Current i x I I x 1 0 1 1 x I x I x 

 14 MASSALINA BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 15 PARKER BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x I x 

 16 ST. ANDREWS BAY (M) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 a 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 17 WOODLAWN CANAL IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 18 WATSON BAYOU IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 0 (1 k x x x 

 19 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 a 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 21 PRETTY BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 22 ROBINSON BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 24 MILL BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 25 GOOSE BAYOU IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 

 26 ST. ANDREWS BAY (N) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 27 BEATTY BAYOU IFAIR Current I x I I x 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 29 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 30 NORTH BAY (N) IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 0 

 31 NORTH BAY (N) IFAIR Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x I K 1 0 

 33 WEST BAY IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 

 35 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 34 LAKE POWELL IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 36 DEERPOINT LAKE IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 41 WESTERN LAKE OUTLET IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I 

 44 MERIAL LAKE IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 48 L. GAP POND IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x I I 

 49 COMPASS LAKE OUTLET IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 

 � WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 5 WATAPPO IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 13 SANDY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHOP.TJS 

 ALK-ALYALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECKIS BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD, COD, TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT@ 03140101 ST ANDREWS BAY

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'=EKCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLE

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 '.'-MISS.'NG DATA

 I RANK DATA RECORD] TN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYG

 ------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMA

 wQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR 1 TN>2.0 ITP>.46 I TP>.12 IPH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I IPH<5.2 I ITSS>18 I I COD>

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I I I I I I I TOC>

 20 CALLOWAY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 23 LAKE MARTIN BAYOU IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x I x I 1 

 28 BAYOU GEORGE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 32 BEEFWOOD BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 37 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 x f x 1 

 38 SO FK LITTLE BEAR CK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 40 CROOKED CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 

 42 BURNT MILL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 x 1 

 43 BEAR BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 45 LITTE BEAR CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 46 CEDAR CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 1 

 47 ECONFINA CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISrORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC :NDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN @D-SECCHI DISC METERS

 M m m m m m m m m m m m M m M 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: D3140101 ST ANDREWS BAY

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 :-":-DEGRADING TREND 1 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 0 =STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND )W TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B T1 D DI T Fl T F j<--- PLEASE READ THESE COLUMNS V

 '.'=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or St N P H Di H Ll USl 001 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II if L I KI RSl DCl si 0 01 m 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I T1 I If I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, PRESENT CO

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I ---------------------------------

 WATER BODY TYPE: ESTUARY

 1 ST. JOSEPH BAY IPARTIAL FAIRI

 2 PANTHER SWAMP ]PARTIAL FAIRI

 3 WALKER BAYOU IPARTIAL FAIRI

 4 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF IYES GOODI

 6 EAST BAY (E) IYES GOODI

 7 CALIFORNIA BAYOU ]YES GOOD[

 8 EMT BAY (W) IYES GOODI

 9 ST. ANDREWS BAY(MOUTH) IYES GOODI

 10 PITTS BAY IYES GOODI

 11 LAIRD BAYOU IYES GOODI

 12 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY INO UNKNI

 14 MASSALINA BAYOU IYES GOODI

 15 PARKER BAY IYES GOODI

 16 ST. ANDREWS BAY (M) IYES GOODI

 17 WOODLAWN CANAL IYES GOODI

 18 WATSON BAYOU IYES GOODI

 19 DIRECT RUNOFF To BAY IYES GOODI

 21 PRETTY BAYOU IYES GOODI

 22 ROBINSON BAYOU IYES GOODI t I t 1

 24 MILL BAYOU IYES GOODI I I I

 25 GOOSE BAYOU IPARTTAL FAIRI I I I

 26 ST. ANDREWS BAY (N) IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X1 0 1 0of 0 1 1 x01

 27 BRATTY BAYOU IPARTIAL FAIRI

 29 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IYES GOODI

 30 NORTH BAY (N) IYES GOOD]

 31 NORTH BAY (N) IPARTIAL FAIR[

 33 WEST BAY IYES GOODI 0 1 x 1 0 0 0 01 0 1 001 0 1 0 Of 0 01 0 1

 35 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY IYES GOODI

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

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 34 LAKE POWELL IYES GOODI

 36 DEERPOINT LAKE IYES GOOD I

 41 WESTERN LAKE OUTLET IYES GOODI

 44 MERIAL LAKE IYES GOODI I

 48 L. GAP POND )YES GOOD I I

 49 COMPASS LAKE OUTLET IYES GOODI

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 5 WATAPPO IYES GOODI

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM 7URB-7URBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND ESTUAR

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QUIAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AND SPRI

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLK-CHL40ROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140101 ST ANDREWS BAY

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 'x'-DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND I 1W TI T TC Sl P Al T TI B TI D DI T Fl T F j<--- PLEASE READ THESE COL

 '.'=MISSING DATA QUALITY RANK IOVER-10 or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL II ii L I Ki R Sl D Cl si 0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I TI 1 11 1

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATION SOURCES, PRES

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- I I I I I I I I I I--------------------------

 13 SANDY CREEK IYES GOODI I 1 .1 .1 .1 .1

 20 CALLOWAY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1

 23 LAKE MARTIN BAYOU iYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 28 BAYOU GEORGE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 32 BEEFWOOD BRANCH IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 37 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY [YES GOODI i I I I I I I 1 1

 38 SO FK LITTLE BEAR CK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 40 CROOKED CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 42 BURNT MILL CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 43 BEAR BRANCH IYES GOOD1 I I . . . . 1 .1

 45 LITTE BEAR CREEK [YES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 46 CEDAR CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1

 47 ECONFINA CREEK IYES GOODI + I + I + 0 . .1 0 01 0 .1 .1 0 01 +1 0 1

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TbOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-7URBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TkKP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND ES

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLdw TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AND 

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDtD SOLIDS

 NPS QUALITATIVE SURVEY RESULTS

 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE * ON MAPID INDICATES No STORET INFORMATION KVAILABLS FOR TRIS 'KNTERSIAZZ

 -SEE PAGE 11 FOR LEGEND FOR THIS TABLE-

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 17 1120 WOODLAWN CANAL GOOD THREAT x x x x x x x x x 

 39- 1040 DIRECT RUNOFF TO GULF THREAT x x 

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 03120001 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK.MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN

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 ST. MARKS RIVER BASIN

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 DrainageArea: 1,180 square miles (about 95% in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: forest, urban development

 Population Density: low, moderate in Tallahassee area

 Major Pollution Sources: WWTP, urban runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: Wakulla River, upper St. Marks

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Lake Munson and Tallahassee drainage ditches

 Water Quality Trends: stable water quality at one site on St. Marks

 OFW Waterbodies:

 St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

 St. Marks River

 Wakulla River

 Wakulla Springs State park

 Big Bend Seagrasses State Aquatic Preserve

 SYJM Waterbodies: none

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment, DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8300

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 Ecological Characterization

 The St. Marks River basin drains approximately 1, 180 square miles and extends from

 south Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico. It includes approximately one-half of the drainage

 from Tallahassee. The St. Marks begins as a tiny blackwater stream meandering through a

 series of sloughs and ponds. Lake Lafayette, on the outskirts of Tallahassee, also flows

 via a slough to the St. Marks when rainfall is great. Near the Leon-Wakulla County line,

 the river widens and clarity improves with water input from several springs, particularly

 Horn Spring. The river then plunges underground at Natural Bridge and emerges a short

 distance downstream at St. Marks Spring. Here, the stream is larger and more

 characteristic of a spring run, although during heavy rains it does become tannic. The

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 flow here averages about 700 cfs. Its sister river, the Wakulla, with-a flow of about 400

 efs, emerges from Wakulla Springs about 10 miles to the west. The streams join- near the

 City of St. ?Aarks about 3 miles upstream from the Gulf of Mexic(Y.

 Both river corridors are heavily wooded with cypress and other native vegetation;

 however, there are increasing numbers of home sites encroaching on both rivers. Both-

 rivers are used heavily for canoeing, fishing and swimming. Land use in-the basin is,

 largely for silviculture. The lower basin is teeming with wildlife in pine woods. and fresh

 and saltwater marshes. Much of this area is protected by the St. Marks National Wildlife;

 Refuge. Both rivers are designated as Outstanding Florida Waters.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 Water quality is excellent in much of this basin. There are two areas in thebasin which

 have water quality problems. Munson Slough drains portions of the Tallahassee urban

 area and historically received treated wastewater from small package plants and runoff.

 from the city WWTP sprayfield. The stream system enters-Lake Munson and.then

 disappears into a sinkhole several miles downstream of the lake. The lake and stream

 system exhibit poor water quality with algal blooms, high nutrients, bacteria and

 transparency problems. Effluent from the major WVv1TP in Tallahassee has been diverted

 from Munson Slough to a land spreading operation. The lake still has problems relating -to

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 urban runoff from Tallahassee.

 A Lake Munson study was conducted in the mid- I 980s by the Department to determine

 the status of water and sediment quality as a first step toward a proposed restoration

 project. The study indicated that since the diversion of treated wastewater from Munson-

 Slough the algal growth potential has decreased tenfold and the biological. community has

 relatively good diversity. It was also determined that the low nutrient, highly tannic

 swamp waters draining into the lake have had a beneficial effect on the lake's, recovery.

 However, with the proximity of the lake and slough to ground water, there is a fear that

 the nearby chain of sinkholes will become polluted.

 The other problem is in the St. Marks River downstream of Rattlesnake Branch (the-lower

 3-4 river miles). This section of the river received effluent from Seminole Refining

 Corporation (which was found in 1985 to be acutely toxic to bioassay organisms) and

 Purdom Power Plant. The former company is under a Consent Order from DEP and is no

 longer operating. Seminole is in the process of remediating the site. To pay for the

 remediation, the property was sold to St. Marks Refining. St. Marks Refining was issued

 a temporary operating permit until 1996, but they are currently not refining oil at the site.

 In addition, there are docking and pumping stations for oil barges, and a few small marinas

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 for fishing and recreational boats. There have been several major and minor oil spills in

 the past, and sediments in the area are coated with oil. There is a small 50,000 GPD

 sewage treatment which discharges into the lower St. Marks River. Plant inspection in

 October, 1993 found no problems with toxicity, metals, W-BNA or pesticides, however

 algal growth potential (AGP) exceeded the EPA established threshold. Nutrient input into

 the St. Marks Basin is a cause for concern.

 The Wakulla River is fed by one of Florida!s highest discharge springs and has excellent

 water quality. The upper portion of the river was recently bought by the State and made

 into a state park; however, the lower portion of the river is threatened by continued

 waterfront development with insufficient buffer areas along the river's edge. Near its

 confluence with the St. Marks, the Wakulla receives increased nutrient loading from

 Boggy Branch (Olin Corp. discharge). Olin is studying the problem.

 Recently, problems have been noted in the Lake Lafayette drainage of Tallahassee's east

 side. These problems are being investigated,

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 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 CURRENT PERIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PERIOD PRIOR TO 1989 :S EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

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 WATERSHED WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED OXYGEN PH 

 ID NAME ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN DEMAND ALKALINITY

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- ---------- -------

 #OBS YR YR PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD COD TOC PH A

 WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 2 LOST LAKE REC AREA 38 86 86 Historical 1.4 30 5.1 1

 13 CLEAR LAKE 5 86 86 Historical 2.5 23 4.5 1

 315 Lake Munson 921 73 87 Historical 18.5 0.5 69 7 9.1 97 6.5 38 18 8.2 4

 21 Lake Bradford 9 92 92 Current 1.6 1.0 100 1 7.2 80 11 5.8 1

 27 BRADFORD BROOK 10 85 86 Historical 2.3 . 8 4.8 1

 34 LAKE LAFAYETTE DAA:N 23 89 92 Current 34.0 0.5 97 13 5.2 50 2.0 28 8 6.2 1

 43 ALFORD ARM 13 89 89 Current 25.0 . 94 8 5.0 36 12 1

 45 Lake Miccosukee 6 92 92 Current 4.6 0.6 140 4 2.0 25 16 5.5 2

 WATER BODY TYPE: SPR:';G'

 I KINI SPRING 9 73 74 Histo@ical 1.5 60 0.5 14 6 7.7 7

 WATER BODY TYPE: S I RIKH

 4 BIG BOGGY BRANC'H 8 93 93 Current 1.3 0.5 30 2 5.5 63 5 7.6 1

 5 WAKULLA RIVER 20 92 93 Current 1.0 1.8 10 1 7.2 79 2 7.5 1

 6 UNNAMED DRAIN 3 85 85 Historical 5.2 340 5.0 0

 8 BLACK CREEK 4 78 78 Historical 7.2 .

 9 LOST CREEK 7 93 93 Current 1.1 0.5 140 1 7.3 B3 18 7.3 3

 10 ST. MARKS RIVER 20 92 93 Current 3.4 1.5 38 3 5.6 61 5 7.3 6

 11 MCBRIDE SLOUGH 7 93 93 Current 0.5 1.6 10 1 3.3 34 1 7.1 1

 12 Munson sink 15 92 93 Current 3.8 0.5 60 2 5.1 58 9 6.9 3

 16 Munson Slough fbe-ow L 7 93 93 Current 3.3 0.4 50 3 5.9 73 12 7.4 3

 17 Munson Slough (above L 7 93 93 Current 8.0 0.7 120 5 0.9 10 9 6.5 6

 25 EAST DRAINAGE D:TCH 20 87 87 Historical 47.5 81 32 12.0 34 20 3

 26 UNNAMED SLOUGH 14 89 89 Current 145.0 112 39 2.5 28 lo 1

 31 ST AUGUSTINE BRAN7:: 14 88 88 Historical 131.0 12@ 95 5.5 38 15 3

 33 CENTRAL DRAINAGE D:7CH 13 89 B9 Curre@t 71.5 68 127 11.0 93 26 2

 37 MALL DRAINAGE D:'CH 21 89 89 Current 61.0 165 34 4.0 23 9 1

 39 LLOYD CREEK 6 92 92 Current 3.1 0.5 55 1 9.0 91 15 6.5 1

 40 GODBY DITCH 1B 87 88 Historical 84.7 96 44 7.5 62 24 3

 42 UNNAMED RUN 35 87 80 Historical 36.o 61 @5 8.0 60 15 1

 46 WARD CREEK 5 92 92 Current 1.9 0.7 100 4 1.2 12 10 6.0 4

 LEGEND: BOD-BIOCREMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN MG/L MAX #OBS-MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SAMPL

 AJK-ALKALINITY MG/L CHIA-CHLOROPHYLL UGIL DOSAT-DO I SATORATION NAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY 

 ART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTW_z COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN 15EMANp MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TOTAL NITROGEN MG/L' 

 BEG YR-BEGINNING SAMPLTNG YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLiFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH STANDARD UNITS 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX -)ND-CONDUCTIVITY UMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS PHOS-TOTAL PHOSPHORUS MG/L 

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120001 ST MARKS RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'x'-EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES 

 '0'--WITHIN SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA I I

 I RANK DATA RECORDI TN I STREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND 

 I VJQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR I TN>2.0 I TP>.46 I TP>.12 I PH>8.8 IALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I I I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>102 

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 � WATER BODY TYPE: LAKE

 2 LOST LAKE REC AREA GOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1

 13 CLEAR LAKE iGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1

 15 Lake Munson IPOOR Historical I x I I x 1 0 1 0 1 x I I x 

 21 Lake Bradford IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 x I a I 1 0 

 27 BRADFORD BROOK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 1 0 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 

 34 LAKE LAFAYETTE DRAIN IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 x 1 0 1 x I x I 1 0 

 43 ALFORD ARM IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 x I x I x I I x 

 45 Lake Miccosukee IGOOD Current 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 x 1 0 1 1 0 

 �WATER BODY TYPE: SPRING

 1 KINI SPRING IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 4 BIG BOGGY BRANCH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 5 WAKULLA RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 6 UNNAMED DRAIN IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1

 8 BLACK CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1

 9 LOST CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 a I 1 0 

 10 ST. MARKS RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 

 11 MCBRIDE SLOUGH IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 12 Munson Sink IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 16 Munson Slough (below L IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

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 17 Munson Slough (above L IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 

 25 EAST DRAINAGE DITCH IPOOR Historical 1 0 1 x I I 1 0 1 x I I x 

 26 UNNAMED SLOUGH IUNKN Current 1 0 1 x I I I x I x I 1 0 

 31 ST AUGUSTINE BRANCH IPOOR Historical 1 0 1 x I I 1 0 1 x I x 

 33 CENTRAL DRAINAGE DITCH IPOOR Current 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 x I x 

 37 MALL DRAINAGE DITCH IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x I x 

 38 LLOYD CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 x 1 0 1 0 

 40 GODBY DITCH IPOOR Historical 1 0 1 x I 1 0 1 x I x 

 42 UNNAMED RUN IPOOR Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x I x 

 46 WARD CREEK IFAIR Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 0 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS 

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,COD,TOC TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOL40GICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 SliRFACE WATER QUA@:-Y ASSESSMENT REPORT - USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03120001 ST MARKS RIVER

 -RENDS_SOURCv_s_c____AYUP

 'x'=DEGRA:)ING -.%ZYDD 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREKD -----------------------------------------------------

 '-'=.IMPROVING 7REND I 1W TI T I C SI P Al T TI B TI D DI T F1 T F I<--- PLEAS

 ,.'=MISSING DATA [QUALITY RANK (OVER-IQ or S( N P H DI H LI U S( 0 Of 0 01 C CI E L I

 i------------- I ALL II II L I Ki R SI D CI SI 0 of M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I A[ L LI P W I

 WATERSHED I MEETS OR I I I I I I I If I If I

 ID NAME IUSE ? TSI I I I I I I I I I I DEGRADATI

 ----- ------------------------ I------------- -----------

 � WATER BODY TYPE: LA-KE

 2 LOST LAKE RE', AR:.k IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 i3 CLEAR LAKE IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 15 Lake Yunson INO POOR I I I . . . . I

 2. Lake Bradford IYES GOOD I I I I . I . .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 27 BRADFORD BROOK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 34 LAKE LAFAYETTE IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 43 ALFORD ARM IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 45 Lake Miccosukee IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 �WATER BODY TYPE: S?--,:IZG

 I KIN! SPRING IYES GOOD I I I I I I

 �WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 4 B-G BOGGY BPk';C:-' IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 5 WAK`,JLLA RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 6 T.NNAMED DRAIN IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 3 BLACK CREEK IYES GOODI I I I I I I I 1 1

 9 LOST CREEK ]YES GOODI I I . . . . I . .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 10 SZ. MAAKS RIVER IYES GOOD 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 0 01 0 .1 .1 0 01 01 0 1

 11 M,-BRIDE SLOUGH IYES GOOD I I I . . . . I

 12 Munson Sink IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 16 Munson Slough ('_-e*_ow L IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 17 Munson Slough (above L IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 25 EAST DRAINAGE [No POOR( I I . . . .

 26 UNNAMED SLOUGH INO UNKNI I I . . . .

 31 ST AUTUSTINE INO POORI I

 33 CENTRA.L DRAINAGE Z:TCH INO POORI I I . . . .

 37 MALL DRAINAGE IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . .

 38 LLOYD CREEK (YES GOODI I

 40 GODBY DITCH INO POORI I I . . . .

 42 UNNAMED XUN IND POORI I I . . . .

 46 WARD CREEK )PARTIAL FAIRJ I I . .

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATURE TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FO

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLOW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER OULAITY INDEX FO

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN D-@-ANTD MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DTSSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

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 AN "X" INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH POLLUTANT OR SOURCE

 THE - ON MAPID INDICATES NO STORET INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS WATERSHED

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 N B S P 0 S 0 F 

 U A E E T A H T T I 

 M T C D S H D 0 L A H H S 

 A B W W R T I T E E X I M B E E H A 

 P W A Q Q I E M I R B Y N E I F R R K L 

 B S 3 N E R E 0 C C R G I T T L M P I G 

 T I 1 0 P N I N I I H I E T P A A 0 A 0 L A E 1 0 C I S Y N T A R S L U C F 0

 D D N 5 S T A T L D E S N Y H L T W L L L L 

 3- 1071 DIRECT RUNOFF TO BAY GOOD

 7* 1032 HOSFORD BRANCH REACH THREAT x x 

 10 793B ST. MARKS RIVER GOOD THREAT x x x 

 14* 1000 LIMESTONE CREEK THREAT x x x 

 18* 977 MOORE BRANCH THREAT x x x 

 19- 965 SWEETWXTER BRANCH THREAT x x 

 20- 942 CROW POND OUTLET THREAT K x 

 22* 932 UNNAMED BRANCH THREAT x x 

 23- 910 CUBA BRANCH THREAT x x x 

 24* 918 BURNT MILL CREEK THREAT K x 

 28* 922 UNNAMED BRANCH GOOD

 29* 899 LANG BRANCH THREAT x x 

 30* 912 UNNAMED BRANCH GOOD

 32* 873 HALL BRANCH THREAT x x x x 

 35* 868 UNNAMED BRANCH GOOD

 36- 862 POLAR MILL BRANCH THREn x 

 38 791A LLOYD CREEK GOOD THREAT x x x x 

 39* 808 COPELAND SINK DRAIN THREAT x x x x 

 41* 761 MORRIS BRANCH THREAT x x 

 44* 716 CANEY BRANCH THREAT x x 

 45 791L Lake Miccosukee GOOD THREAT x x x x 

 46 459 WARD CREEK FAIR THREAT x x x x x 

 4,

 YELLOW RFvlER,,.

 BIG

 POND CREEK

 CREEK

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 EAST BAY

 YELLOW RIVER BASIN WATER QUALITY

 03140103 GOOD

 AVERAGE WATER QUALITY THREATENED

 1984-1993 STORET DATA FAIR

 WATERSHED ID NUMBERS LINK MAP TO TABLES POOR

 INDICATES QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT UNKNOWN p a gn ae- 155 01

 YELLOW RIVER BASIN

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 Basic Fact

 Drainage Area: 1,320 square miles (about 860 in Florida)

 Major Land Uses: forest, agriculture

 Population Density: low (Crestview)

 Major Pollution Sources: WWTP, agriculture, runoff

 Best Water Quality Areas: most of Yellow and Shoal Rivers

 Worst Water Quality Areas: Trammel Creek

 Water Quality Trends: stable quality at one site

 OFW Waterbodies:

 Shoal River

 Yellow River Marsh State Aquatic Preserve

 SWIM Waterbodies: part of Pensacola Bay System SWIM watershed

 Reference Reports:

 Florida Rivers Assessment DEP/FREAC/NPS, 1989

 Florida Nonpoint Source Assessment, DEP (Tallahassee), 1988

 Pensacola Bay SWIM Plan, NWFWMD, 1990

 Basin Water Quality Experts:

 Gray Bass, FGFWFC, 904/957-4172

 Don Ray, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8340

 Glenn Butts, DEP (Pensacola), 904/444-8380

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 * Health advisories recommending limited consumption of largemouth bass

 due to mercury content have been issued for the Yellow River.

 * A sewage spill into Trammel Creek from the Crestview WWTP resulted in

 large fish kill during November 1990. Approximately 13,000 sport

 fish died.

 Since 1988, Crestview WWTP has been cited for 2693 violations of federal

 rules regarding discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage

 EPA has proposed a $115,000 fine.

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 Ecological Characterization

 The Yellow River Basin originates in Covington County, Alabamaand flows southward

 for approximately 92 miles before emptying into Blackwater Bayin Florida. The Yellow

 River Basin drains roughly 860 square miles of northwestern Florida. The largest

 tributary, the Shoal River, joins the Yellow River near Crestview, Florida, discharging an

 average of 1, 100 cfs. The rate of flow for the Yellow River (40 miles above the mouth)

 averages 1,500 cfs. The Yellow River is so named because its tannic waters appear

 yellowish against the white sandy river bed. The Yellow River's drainage basin is ,the

 highest in Florida and contains large sandy deposits' thought to be part of a barrier islands

 system when sea levels were higher. The river runs swiftly and creates high banks and

 large sand bars. The Shoal River is similar in character and drainage. After its confluence

 with the Shoal, the Yellow River becomes deeper and slower as it flows through the low

 swamp and marsh lands to the bay. Land use in the Yellow River Basin is primarily forest

 and agriculture. Crestview and Nfilligan are the largest towns in this basin. Much of the

 southern basin is a large Air Force base. It contains several landing fields and numerous

 roads.

 Anthropogenic Impacts

 The Yellow River has excellent water quality. The Shoal River has been declared an

 Outstanding Florida Water. All stream reaches in the basin which have been sampled

 exhibit good overall quality except for Trammel Creek. Upper reaches of the Yellow

 River have some impact from Alabama agricultural runoff, Florida hog lots and other

 agricultural activities.

 Trammel Creek received treated wastewater from the City of Crestview WWTP (1.5

 MGD design capacity) until April 1994. The creek exhibits nutrient and turbidity

 problems. The Crestview plant has had a history of treatment problems. A sewage spill in

 Trammel Creek in November, 1990 resulted in the death of approximately 13,000 sport

 fish. The City of Crestview constructed a new WVV7P and now disposes all of it's effluent

 to an upland site. The old discharge into Trammel Creek was discontinued inApril, 1994.

 Trammel Creek joins the Yellow River approximately 3 112miles west of the town of

 Crestview. The Yellow River was posted for non-contact by the Okaloosa County Health

 Department several times in the past two years after system failures at the Crestview

 WWTP. Runoff from the City of Crestview goes both to the Trammel Creek-Yellow

 River drainage and to the lower Shoal River drainage.

 In addition, some areas in the basin near agricultural areas are threatened by nutrient, silt

 and BOD loadings from runoff. Particularly noted.are Pond Creek and the Shoal River

 near Crestview.

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 Horsehead Creek, east of Laurel Hill, was severely altered due to non-vegetated eroded

 banks, sediment filled channel, and livestock waste disposal.

 Juniper Creek below Laurel Hill was in need of habitat restoration activities because of

 historical clearing and moving of the stream channel resulting in the lack of fish and

 wildlife propagation.

 Hurricane Creek in the State Forest had a low diversity and an unbalanced aquatic

 community below the impoundment of Hurricane Lake.

 Juniper Creek draining Crestview into Shoal River continues to be under enforcement due

 to severe erosion from unpaved Raspberry Road and clay/sand borrow pits.

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 USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140103 Y

 

 SURFACE WA.:IR QUALITY DATA FOR 1970-1993 

 ME:)'X'; V)L-:;'--S FOR EACH WATERSHED 

 C'J.R.R@- -_-RIOD OF RECORD (1989-1993) USED WHERE AVAILABLE 

 PER:^= @R:OR TO 1989 IS EVALUATED AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

 

 WA7ERS-_7 WATERSHED DATA RECORD WATER DISSOLVED 

 ID NKM_ ---------------------- CLARITY OXYGEN 

 ----- --------------------------------- MAX BEG END DATA ---------------------------- ---------- --------------- --

 #OBS YR YR. PERIOD TURB SD COLOR TSS DO DOSAT BOD

 'WA-7--, B,:` -.Y?E: STREAM

 i CREEK 15 89 93 Current 4.0 0.3 40 3 7.3 74 3.3

 2 Y-711CW RIVER 29 90 93 Current 12.6 0.9 65 5 6.8 70 0.2

 3 CREEK 6 92 92 Current 1.1 1.0 10 1 8.7 101 

 4 Y--*---W RIVER 69 73 85 Historical 13.5 0.9 55 12 7.3 77 0.7

 5 F.Al-NE CREEK 6 92 92 Current 0.9 0.8 15 1 8.6 94 

 6 ?--kRL :REEK 8 92 93 Current 6.5 1.2 55 4 8.0 82 

 7 31:VER 13 90 93 Current 15.5 . . 8.0 86 

 8 ::T: -7K 2 85 85 Historical 5.2 0.4 5 18 8.9 102 0.7

 9 iA:,L M:'-L CREEK 2 85 85 Historical 9.0 0.7 40 11 8.1 97 0.3

 10 SHCAL -.:VER 8 90 92 Current 9.0 65 10 7.8 78 0.4

 11 WOODS CREEK 9 92 93 Current 3.5 0.5 45 2 8.7 89 

 12 POK-- -:,E_-K 2 85 85 Historical 7.5 . 35 13 8.6 99 0.4

 13 _1:VER 8 92 93 Current 4.8 0.5 50 3 8.7 87 

 14 GUM ::z7K 5 92 92 Current 6.0 0.7 120 5 6.9 79 

 15 ?01@7= CREEK 7 92 92 Current 2.9 0.3 20 3 8.8 95 

 ,:7- 

 16 Z7REEK 6 92 92 Current 3.6 0.5 80 3 6.4 72

 17 ='R@7_-Y @7REEK 6 92 92 Current 6.0 0.3 100 4 8.0 90 

 18 P:K_-- '_@OG CREEK 8 92 93 Current 4.8 0.5 35 2 8.6 86 

 19 Z_UEK 7 92 92 Current 1.6 0.7 50 1 6.0 64 

 20 B:, HC_-,ST_ CREEK 6 92 92 Current 5.5 0.5 50 2 6.9 94 

 21 POND Z.:LEEK 26 91 93 Current 7.4 0.8 60 3 6.3 72 0.8

 22 B:G ::.:=K 6 92 92 Current 9.4 0.4 50 9 8.5 89 

 23 -RIVER 60 89 93 Current 10.3 0.7 45 5 7.8 86 0.2

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 ALK-ALKA.L:N:-'-' MG/L CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL UG/L DOSAT-DO I SATURATION NAT-NATU

 ART-ARTIF:@::.k@ SUBSTRATE DI COD-CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND MG/L END YR-ENDING YEAR NITRO-TO

 BEG YR-B-_G:NN:N_1 SAMPLING YEAR COLOR-COLOR PCU FECL-FECAL COLIFORM MPN/100ML PH-PH ST

 BECK-BECK'S B:^-7:C INDEX COND-CONDUCTIVITYUMHOS FLOW-FLOW CFS MOS-TOTA

 SURFACE WATER QUALITY DATA SCREENING REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140103 YELLOW RIVER

 MEDIAN VALUES FOR EACH WATERSHED SCREENED

 'X'=EXCEEDS SCREENING CRITERIA SCREENING VARIABLES AND C

 '0'=WITHIN'SCREENING CRITERIA

 '.'=MISSING DATA 

 I RANK DATA RECORDI IN ISTREAM I LAKE I PH I ALK I TURB & I COND I OXYGEN I 

 I------------------ I I TP I TP I I I TSS I I DEMAND I 

 I WQI CURRENT I I I I I I I I I 

 WATERSHED I OR OR ITN>2.0 TP>.46 ITP>.12 I PH>8.8 I ALK<20 ITURB>16.51COND>12751 BOD>3.3 I DO

 ID NAME I TSI HISTORICAL I i I I PH<5.2 I I TSS>18 I I COD>102 I 

 ----- -------------------------------------------- I I TOC>27.51 

 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I TRAMMEL CREEK IFAIR Current I x I x I 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 1 

 2 YELLOW RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 3 BOILING CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 4 YELLOW RIVER IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 5 MALONE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 6 PEARL CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 7 SHOAL RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 1 

 8 TITI CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 9 LAIRD MILL CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 10 SHOAL RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 11 PINEY WOODS CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 12 POND CREEK IGOOD Historical 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 13 SHOAL RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 14 GUM CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 x I x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 15 POVERTY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 16 LITTLE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 17 TURKEY CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 18 PINE LOG CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 19 MURDER CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 20 BIG HORSE CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 21 POND CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 22 BIG CREEK IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 0 1 1 0 1 

 23 YELLOW RIVER IGOOD Current 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 

 LEGEND: COND-CONDUCTIVITY FECAL-FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA TP-PHOSPHORUS WI OR

 ALK-ALKALINITY DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN HISTORICAL-1970 TO 1988 TOT-TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA 

 BECK-BECK'S BIOTIC INDEX CURRENT-1989 TO 1993 OXYGEN DEMAND-BOD,OOD,T0C TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS 

 BIOL DIV-BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DIART-ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY PH-PH TURB-TURBIDITY

 CHLA-CHLOROPHYLL DINAT-NATURAL SUBSTRATE DIVERSITY TN-NITROGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS

 s!!RFACE WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT REPORT USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT: 03140103 YELLOW RIVER

 TRENDS-SOURCES-CLEANUP

 lx'=DEGRADING TREND 1984 - 1993 TRENDS

 '0'=STABLE TREND -----------------------------------------------------

 '+'=IMPROVING TREND W TI T T C Sl P Al T TI B TI D DI T Fl T F l<--- PLEASE READ THESE CO

 '.'=MISSING DATA IQUALITY RANK IOVER-IQ or Sl N P H DI H Ll U Sl 0 01 0 01 C Cl E L I

 I------------- I ALL ;I Il L I KI R Sl D Cl St 0 01 M 0 1

 1 WQI ITRENDI I A I I B I I Al L Ll P W I

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 WATER BODY TYPE: STREAM

 I TRAMMEL CREEK IPARTIAL FAIRI I I . . . . I

 2 YELLOW RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 3 BOILING CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 4 YELLOW RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . . I

 5 MALONE CREEK IYES GOODI I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 6 PEARL CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 7 SHOAL RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 8 TITI CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 9 LAIRD MILL CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 10 SHOAL RIVER IYES GOOD] I I . . . .

 11 PINEY WOODS CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 12 POND CREEK IYES GOOD] I I . . . .

 13 SHOAL RIVER IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 14 GUM CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 15 POVERTY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 16 LITTLE CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . .

 17 TURKEY CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 18 PINE LOG CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 19 MURDER CREEK [YES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 20 BIG HORSE CREEK IYES GOOD1 I I . . 1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 1

 21 POND CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 22 BIG CREEK IYES GOODI I I . . . . 1 .1 .1

 23 YELLOW RIVER IYES GOODI 0 1 0 1 0 0 . .1 x 01 0 01 .1 0 01 01 0 0 1

 LEGEND: DOSAT-DO SATURATION TCOLI-TOTAL COLIFORM TURB-TURBIDITY

 FCOLI-FECAL COLIFORM TEMP-TEMPERATUR9 TSI-TROPHIC STATE INDEX FOR LAKES AND E

 ALK-ALKALINITY FLOW-FLCW TN-NITROGEN WQI-WATER QULAITY INDEX FOR STREAMS AND

 BOD-BIOCHEM. OXYGEN DEMAND MEETS USE-MEETS DESIGNATED USE TOC-T.ORGANIC CARBON

 CHLA-CHLORCPHYLL PH-PH TP-PHOSPHORUS

 DO-DISSOLVED OXYGEN SD-SECCHI DISC METERS TSS-TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS

 PANTHER SWAMP 130

 ALFORD ARM 142 PARKER BAY 130

 APALACHICOLA BAY 16 PATE BRANCH 65

 APALACHICOLA RIVER 23 PENSACOLA BAY 104

 BAYOU CHICO 104 PERDIDO BAY 114

 BAYOU GEORGE CREEK 130 PERDIDO RIVER 123

 BAYOU GRANDE 104 PINE BARREN CREEK 73

 BEATTY BAYOU 130 PITTS BAY 130

 BIG COLDWATER CREEK 31 POND CREEK 31

 BIG GOLLY CREEK 23 PRETTY BAYOU 130

 BLACK CREEK 23 RUSS MILL CREEK 47

 BLACKWATER BAY 104 SANDY CREEK 65

 BLACKWATER RIVER 31 SANTA ROSA SOUND 104

 BRIDGE CREEK 114 SHOAL RIVER 150

 BRUCE CREEK 65 SMITH CREEK 87

 BRUSHY CREEK 123 SOPCHOPPY RIVER 87

 BUCKHORN CREEK 87 ST AUGUSTINE BRANCH 142

 CAMEL LAKE REC AREA 23 ST. ANDREWS BAY 130

 CANOE CREEK 73 ST. GEORGE SOUND 16

 CARPENTER CREEK 104 ST. MARKS RIVER 142

 CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER 40 TANYARD BRANCH 87

 CHIPOLA RIVER 47 TELOGIA CREEK 17

 CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER 65 TENMILE CREEK 65

 CHOCTOWATCHEE BAY 55 TEXAR BAYOU 104

 CINCO BAYOU 55 THOMPSON BAYOU 73

 CLEAR CREEK 31 TOMS CREEK 55

 COMPASS LAKE OUTLET 130 TRAMMEL CREEK 150

 COWARTS CREEK 47 TURNER CREEK 114

 CROOKED CREEK 47 VAUSE BRANCH 87

 CROOKED RIVER 81 WAKULLA RIVER 142

 CYPRESS CREEK 23 WATSON BAYOU 130

 DEERPOINT LAKE 130 WEST BAY 130

 EAST BAY 130 WEST FORK 31

 EAST FORK 31 WOODIAWN CANAL 130

 EAST PITTMAN CREEK 65 WRIGHTS CREEK 65

 EAST RIVER BAY 104 YELLOW RIVER 150

 ECONFINA CREEK 130

 EIGHTEENMILE CREEK 100

 EIGHTMILE CREEK 114

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 ELEVENMILE CREEK 114

 ESCAMBIA BAY 104

 ESCAMBIA RIVER 73

 GARNIER CREEK 55

 GODBY DITCH 142

 HOLMAN BRANCH 87

 HOLMES CREEK 65

 HUBBERT BRANCH 87

 JACKSON CREEK 104

 JONES CREEK 104

 LAGRANGE BAYOU 55

 LAKE IAMONIA OUTLET 87

 LAKE JACKSON 87

 LAKE LAFAYETTE DRAIN 142

 LAKE MARTIN 13AYOU 130

 LAKE MUNSON 142

 LAKE OVERSTREET DRAIN 87

 LIGHTWOOD KNOT CREEK 55

 LITTLE RIVER 87

 LITTLE SWEETWATER CR 23

 LOST LAKE REC AREA 142

 MARCUS CREEK 114

 MASSALINA BAYOU 130

 MEGGINNIS ARM RUN 87

 MERIAL LAKE 130

 MERRITTS MILL POND 47

 MILL CREEK 87

 MOSQUITO CREEK 23

 MUNSON SINK 142

 NEW RIVER 81

 NORTH BAY (N) 130

 OCHEESEE POND OUTLET 23

 OCHLOCKONEE RIVER 87

 OCKLAWAHA CREEK 87

 OTTER CREEK 87

 PACE MILL CREEK 104

 

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