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
OCT-DEC 2022	1,470 ug/l		249 ug/l		8	24
JUL-SEP 2022	1,382 ug/l		189 ug/l	0.12 mg/l	8	24
APR-JUN 2022	1,288 ug/l		201 ug/l		8	24
JAN-MAR 2022	1,090 ug/l		245 ug/l		8	24
OCT-DEC 2021	1,152 ug/l		176 ug/l	0.12 mg/l	8	24
JUL-SEP 2021	1,794 ug/l		212 ug/l		9	25
APR-JUN 2021	1,119 ug/l		263 ug/l		8	24
JAN-MAR 2021	1,016 ug/l		175 ug/l		8	24
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph	Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph	Graph

Source(s): FDEP Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Mote Marine Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Historic Data from Legacy STORET, Sarasota County Coastal Creeks, FDEP South District Sampling Data, 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
OCT-DEC 2021	494 ug/l		67 ug/l		5	5
JUL-SEP 2021	542 ug/l		54 ug/l		5	5
APR-JUN 2021	510 ug/l		45 ug/l		3	9
JAN-MAR 2021	263 ug/l		40 ug/l		3	9
Five Year Seasonal Graph	Graph		Graph
Five Year Graph of All Samples	Graph		Graph

Source(s): LAKEWATCH Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring, 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
North 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
Matheny 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
Elligraw Bayou	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
Holiday Bayou 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
Catfish 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
South 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 higher than they have been historically.	Levels Data Table and Graph

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