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	1,163 ug/l		129 ug/l	0.07 mg/l	7	7
OCT-DEC 2023	1,122 ug/l		136 ug/l	0.09 mg/l	9	16
JUL-SEP 2023	1,065 ug/l		171 ug/l	0.1 mg/l	8	22
APR-JUN 2023	1,315 ug/l		207 ug/l	0.11 mg/l	7	20
OCT-DEC 2022	1,212 ug/l		157 ug/l	0.11 mg/l	8	24
JUL-SEP 2022	1,298 ug/l		174 ug/l	0.11 mg/l	7	21
APR-JUN 2022	1,146 ug/l		136 ug/l	0.08 mg/l	7	21
JAN-MAR 2022	797 ug/l		104 ug/l	0.06 mg/l	10	26
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Coastal Creeks, FDEP South District Sampling Data, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, FDEP Southwest Regional Operations Center, USGS National Water Information System, FDEP - South Regional Operations Center, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section

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	925 ug/l		46 ug/l	0.04 mg/l	2	2
OCT-DEC 2023	1,025 ug/l		42 ug/l	0.02 mg/l	2	4
JUL-SEP 2023	984 ug/l		26 ug/l	0.01 mg/l	2	6
APR-JUN 2023	1,144 ug/l		34 ug/l	0.01 mg/l	2	6
OCT-DEC 2022	886 ug/l		88 ug/l	0.06 mg/l	5	15
JUL-SEP 2022	852 ug/l		25 ug/l	0.01 mg/l	5	12
APR-JUN 2022	1,145 ug/l		43 ug/l	0 mg/l	5	15
JAN-MAR 2022	821 ug/l		48 ug/l	0.04 mg/l	5	15
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): Sarasota County Coastal Creeks, FDEP Watershed Monitoring Section, Florida LAKEWATCH

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
Cow Pen Slough	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
Cowpen Canal 18-283	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 the same as they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph
Curry Creek	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

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