ADDITIONAL STUDIES AND MONITORING RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND WATER QUALITY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

U.S. Geological Survey (see also http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/)

• A Reconnaissance of Pesticides in Lakes on Lake Wales Ridge
  U.S. Geological Survey, Altamonte Springs, FL [contact: Dr. Louis C. Murray, Hydrologic Studies Section Chief (tele. 407-865-6725, email: lcmurray@usgs.gov) for additional information]
• Regional Evaluation of the Hydrology of Polk County
  U.S. Geological Survey, Altamonte Springs, FL [contact: Rick Spechler, Project Chief, (tele. 407-865-6725, email: spechler@usgs.gov) for additional information]
• USGS NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (NAWQA) STUDIES:
• GA-FL Coastal Plain Drainages Unit http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/NAWQA/index.html
• South FL Unit http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Sofl/index.html/
Includes a survey focused on agricultural-chemicals in ground water underlying flatwoods citrus groves http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Sofl/gw/gwintro.html/

Florida Department of Environmental Protection http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

• Statewide Integrated Water Resources Monitoring Network
  http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/monitoring/
• Very Intensive Study Area (VISA) Networks - Citrus Agriculture, Polk County
  http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/monitoring/visa_net.htm

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ in cooperation with the Fl. Dept. of Environmental Protection and the Fl. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services

• Ridge Citrus Nitrogen Best Management Practices (BMP) Verifications Project http://128.227.177.113/bmp/index.htm [or through the UF-IFAS Citrus Research & Education Center web site: http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/ ]