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

Rivers:

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

Season	Total Nitrogen	Nitrate (NO3)	Total Phosphorus	Orthophosphate	Number of Sample Stations	Number of Samples
JAN-MAR 2024	2,180 ug/l		82 ug/l		1	1
JUL-SEP 2023	1,429 ug/l		197 ug/l		2	2
APR-JUN 2023	1,238 ug/l		103 ug/l		3	3
JAN-MAR 2023	1,387 ug/l		85 ug/l		3	3
OCT-DEC 2022	1,333 ug/l		103 ug/l		4	4
JUL-SEP 2022	1,174 ug/l		184 ug/l		4	5
APR-JUN 2022	1,197 ug/l		268 ug/l		4	4
JAN-MAR 2022	1,436 ug/l		140 ug/l		7	7
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): Polk County Parks & Natural Resources Division, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Polk County Natural Resources Division, SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, USGS National Water Information System, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Polk County Natural Resources Division, Southwest Florida Water Management District, FDEP - Southwest Regional Operations Center

Lakes:

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

Season	Total Nitrogen	Nitrate (NO3)	Total Phosphorus	Orthophosphate	Number of Sample Stations	Number of Samples
JAN-MAR 2024	939 ug/l		32 ug/l		54	54
OCT-DEC 2023	1,001 ug/l		38 ug/l		65	68
JUL-SEP 2023	856 ug/l		33 ug/l		63	73
APR-JUN 2023	1,057 ug/l		44 ug/l		72	88
JAN-MAR 2023	940 ug/l		41 ug/l		72	83
OCT-DEC 2022	845 ug/l		39 ug/l		72	94
JUL-SEP 2022	1,019 ug/l		28 ug/l		69	81
APR-JUN 2022	1,038 ug/l		48 ug/l		78	91
JAN-MAR 2022	924 ug/l		43 ug/l		66	76
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Polk County Parks & Natural Resources Division, Biological Research Associates , FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Polk County Natural Resources Division, SWFWMD Water Quality Sampling Data, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, FDEP, Water Quality Standards and Special Projects (Florida), SWFWMD Water Quality Monitoring Program Data, USGS National Water Information System, FDEP - Central Regional Operations Center, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Florida LAKEWATCH, Polk County Natural Resources Division, Southwest Florida Water Management District, FDEP - Southwest Regional Operations Center, FDEP - Watershed Assessment Section

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

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

Source: SWFWMD Hydrologic Data Section Data

River	Flows Whole River Range	Flows Data by Segment	Levels Whole River Range	Levels Data By Segment
Peace River	In the past 30 days Average river flow is slower than it has been historically.	Flows Data Table and Graph	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Peace Creek	In the past 30 days Average river flow is slower than it has been historically.	Flows Data Table and Graph	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Saddle Creek	In the past 30 days Average river flow is slower than it has been historically.	Flows Data Table and Graph	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Lake Henry Canal	In the past 30 days NO DATA Recent river flow data is unavailable.	No data table or graph available	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Lake Hamilton Canal	In the past 30 days NO DATA Recent river flow data is unavailable.	No data table or graph available	In the past 30 days Average water levels are lower than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
May-Shipp Canal	In the past 30 days NO DATA Recent river flow data is unavailable.	No data table or graph available	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Wahneta Canal	In the past 30 days Average river flow is slower than it has been historically.	Flows Data Table and Graph	In the past 30 days Average water levels are higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph

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