This dataset contains Verified Impaired Waters in the State of Florida. The "verified list" of impaired waters is the list of Florida's waterbodies that fail to attain any of its designated uses and/or meet the minimum criteria for surface waters established in the Surface Water Quality Standards (62-302, F.A.C.) and the Impaired Water Rule (IWR, 62-303, F.A.C.). The entire state of Florida is divided into five basin groups in which each waterbody in re-assessed on a rotating basis every five years. If a waterbody is assessed as impaired a TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) must be developed to determine the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and remain healthy. Coverage includes all the WBIDs (Waterbody IDs - RUN 54) that have been included on the verified list for any parameter. If a WBID is impaired for multiple parameters the coverage contains overlapping polygons for each parameter. For more information or questions regarding the verified list and assessments, please contact Kevin O'Donnell (kevin.odonnell@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8469). For more information or questions regarding TMDLs please contact Erin Rasnake (Erin.Rasnake@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245 - 8338). This is an update to the FGDL layer IMPAIRED_WATERS_NOV17.
Purpose of this dataset is to spatial representation of the areas for which an impairment in a water feature has been determined. Coverage includes all the WBIDs (Waterbody IDs - RUN 54) that are currently included on the verified list for any parameter from Group 1, Cycle 1 through Group 5, Cycle 3, excluding WBID/parameter combinations that have subsequently been delisted in a later cycle. If a WBID is listed for multiple parameters the coverage contains overlapping polygons for each parameter. PLEASE NOTE: the verified list is not a list of all waters that do not meet water quality standards.
For more information or questions regarding the verified list and assessments, please
contact Kevin O'Donnell (kevin.odonnell@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8469).
For more information or questions regarding TMDLs please contact
Erin Rasnake (Erin.Rasnake@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245 - 8338).
Watershed Assessment Program
Florida's rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters are spectacularly
beautiful. More than that, they are essential natural resources, supplying the water
necessary for aquatic life, both large and microscopic; drinking water; recreation;
industry; fishing and shellfish harvesting; and agriculture. Florida's multi-billion
tourist industry would vanish if our water resources were irreparably degraded.
Protecting these abundant water resource, restoring them when they become
damaged because of unmanaged growth and development, and preserving them
for the future is your responsibility and ours.
DEP's Divisions of Water Resource Management and Environmental Assessment
and Restoration implement a wide range of programs to protect and restore
Florida's surface waters. Tour this website and you will find dozens of different
strategies and activities underway to benefit water quality. At the heart of these
efforts, particularly in identifying water quality problems and establishing clean-up
objectives, is the Watershed Assessment program.
Total Maximum Daily Loads Program
What is a TMDL?
A scientific determination of the maximum amount of a given pollutant that a
surface water can absorb and still meet the water quality standards that protect
human health and aquatic life. Water bodies that do not meet water quality
standards are identified as "impaired" for the particular pollutants of
concern--nutrients, bacteria, mercury, etc.--and TMDLs must be developed,
adopted and implemented for those pollutants to reduce pollutants and clean up
the water body.
The threshold limits on pollutants in surface waters--Florida's surface water quality
standards on which TMDLs are based--are set forth primarily in rule 62-302, Florida
Administrative Code, and the associated table of water quality criteria.
What are the basic steps in the TMDL program? How does it work?
Assess the quality of surface waters--are they meeting water quality standards?
Determine which waters are impaired--that is, which ones are not meeting water
quality standards for a particular pollutant or pollutants.
Establish and adopt, by rule, a TMDL for each impaired water for the pollutants of
concern--the ones causing the water quality problems.
Develop, with extensive local stakeholder input, a Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) that....
Implement the strategies and actions in the BMAP.
Measure the effectiveness of the BMAP, both continuously at the local level and
through a formal re-evaluation every five years.
Adapt--change the plan and change the actions if things aren't working.
Reassess the quality of surface waters continuously.
The Divisions are working on a more comprehensive approach to protecting Florida water
quality involving basin-wide assessments and the application of a full range of regulatory
and non-regulatory strategies to reduce pollution. The Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
is the heart of this comprehensive approach.
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
ArcToolbox's MAKE QUERY TABLE was used to link (join) the one-to-many records for a standalone spreadsheet to FDEP?s Run 49 WBID layer. Two fields [HUC] and [DISTRICT] have been removed from the schema of previous versions on DataMiner. One new field [Waterbody Type] has been added.
Data created with verified list from the Watershed Assessment Section. WBID Run 52 used to define WBID boundaries. The reduction in the number of verified listings is due to the completion of the Mercury TMDL, All the "Mercury (in fish tissue) listings from Group 1, 2, & 3 have been removed from the verified list. For further information, contact Kevin.ODonnell@dep.state.fl.us 850-245-8469.
Data created with verified list from the Watershed Assessment Section. WBID Run 53 used to define WBID boundaries. The reduction in the number of verified listings is due to the completion of the Mercury TMDL, All the "Mercury (in fish tissue) listings from Group 1, 2, & 3 have been removed from the verified list. For further information, contact Kevin.ODonnell@dep.state.fl.us 850-245-8469.
A single record was removed from the data. For further information, contact Andrew.Morris@dep.state.fl.us, 850-245-8426
6 records were removed from the data. For further information, contact Andrew.Morris@dep.state.fl.us, 850-245-8426
Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library.
Data created with verified list from the Watershed Assessment Section. WBID Run 54 used to define WBID boundaries. The reduction in the number of verified listings is due to the completion of the TMDLs, waterbodies no longer impaired, revisions to WBID boundaries (resegmentation), flaws in the original analysis, or changes in Water Quality Standards, all the "Mercury (in fish tissue) listings from Group 1, 2, & 3, 4, and 5 have been removed from the verified list. For further information, contact Kevin.ODonnell@dep.state.fl.us 850-245-8469.
Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library.
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the Verified List Waterbody Ids (WBIDs) dataset on August 8th, 2018 from the FDEP Data Portal: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data: http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/ http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/verified-list-waterbody-ids-wbids Please Note: Data is also available via the FTP website: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/WBIDS_VERIFIED_LIST.zip WBIDS_VERIFIED_LIST.zip WBIDS_VERIFIED_LIST.gdb The GDB layer was exported to shapefile. During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Redefined the dataset's projection from FDEP Albers to FGDL Albers. - Deleted the OBJECTID field. - Uppercased all records in the table. - Added a SOURCE field based on the original layer name. - Restructured the FGDB field names with lengths great than 10, original field names are listed in the beginning of the field description in brackets []. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME and CURRENT_WB. - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from WBIDS_VERIFIED_LIST to IMPAIRED_WATERS_JUL18.
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Unique Alpha Numeric Water Body Identification.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
Identifies which iteration of the 5 year cycle the impairment was made.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[GROUP_NUMBER] Number of group (1-5) within basin rotation cycle.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
Office of General Counsel Case Number.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
Name of group within basin rotation cycle.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[Planning_Unit] Planning Unit
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[WBID_Assessed] WBID at the time of the assessment.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[WBID_Current] WBID as it may exit after possible edits to data layer.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[WATERBODY_NAME] Waterbody Name
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[Waterbody_Type] Type designation of waterbody (BEACH, COASTAL, ESTUARY, LAKE, SPRING, STREAM).
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[Waterbody_Class] Designated Use Class of Waterbody (Class 1 - Potable Water; Class 2 - Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting; Class 3F/3M - Freshwater/Predominantly Marine for Fish Consumption, Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife).
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[PARAMETER_1998] Parameter (if any) for which the waterbody was listed on the 1998 Consent Decree.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[PARAMETER_ASSESSED] Parameter for which the waterbody was assessed to obtain verified listing.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section
[PARAMETER_GROUP] Parameter group into which the listed parameter falls.
Florida DEP Watershed Assessment Section.
Original FDEP source dataset name and date from the Basins 411 website.
GeoPlan
FGDL added field based on NAME and CURRENT_WB.
GeoPlan
The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
GeoPlan
Unique ID added by GeoPlan
GeoPlan
Area in meters
GeoPlan
Perimeter in meters
GeoPlan
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