VERIFIED IMPAIRED FLORIDA WATERS: RUN 44 - OCTOBER 2012

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Assessment Section
Publication_Date: 20121003
Title: VERIFIED IMPAIRED FLORIDA WATERS: RUN 44 - OCTOBER 2012
Edition: Run 44
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Assessment Section
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/basin411/download.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains Verified Impaired Waters in the State of Florida. The “verified list” of impaired waters is the list of Florida’s water bodies 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 Waters Rule (IWR, 62-303, F.A.C.). The entire state of Florida is divided into five basin groups in which each water body is re-assessed on a rotating basis every five years. If a water body is assessed as impaired a TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) must be developed to determine the maximum amount of a pollutant that a water body can receive and remain healthy. This layer includes all the WBIDs (Water body IDs) that have been included on the verified list for any parameter from Group 1, Cycle 1 through Group 5, Cycle 2, excluding WBID/parameter combinations that were verified as impaired in Cycle 1 and subsequently delisted in Cycle 2. If a WBID is impaired for multiple parameters the layer contains overlapping polygons for each parameter. This is an update to the impaired_waters_sep11 layer.
Purpose:
Purpose of this dataset is to spatial representation of the areas for which an impairment in a water feature has been determined.
Supplemental_Information:
For more information or questions regarding the verified list and assessments, please contact Julie Espy (julie.espy@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8416).
For more information or questions regarding TMDLs please contact Jan Mandrup-Poulsen (jan.mandrup-poulsen@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8448).
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. <http://dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/index.htm>
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. <http://dep.state.fl.us/water/tmdl/index.htm>
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20121003
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: Impaired Waters
Theme_Keyword: Verified List
Theme_Keyword: Assess
Theme_Keyword: Assessment
Theme_Keyword: Assessed
Theme_Keyword: Impaired
Theme_Keyword: Impairment
Theme_Keyword: Pollutant
Theme_Keyword: TMDL
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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Place:
Place_Keyword: Florida
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Data Disclaimer
** This layer is not intended for legal decision making. **
FDEP GIS data is provided as a public service. FDEP makes every effort to provide accurate and complete data. Metadata is provided for all datasets and no data should be used without first reading and understanding the limitations of the data. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) provides NO WARRANTY as to the accuracy of this data or any corresponding attributes or metadata. Data is provided in an “as is” condition, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including any assurance that the data is fit for a particular purpose. FDEP shall have no liability, in any case, to the use of provided data (including redistribution and reproduction). Full liability, responsibility and consequence relating to the use of provided data rest with the user.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Assessment Section
Contact_Person: Julie Espy
Contact_Position: Environmental Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Road - Mail Station 3555
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 245-8346
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Julie.Espy@dep.state.fl.us
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm
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Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
Watershed Assessment Program <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/assessment/index.htm>
Watershed Management Basin Rotation Project: Basin Downloads <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/basin411/download.htm>
Total Maximum Daily Loads Program <http://dep.state.fl.us/water/tmdl/index.htm>

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
Completeness_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Water body ID layer was attributed with Verified Impaired assessment data from the Watershed Assessment Section to create the Verified Impaired dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Process_Date: October 2012
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata Completed and layer uploaded to Basin 411
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Process_Date: 20121003
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoPlan downloaded the following datasets from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website on December 3rd, 2012. <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/basin411/download.htm>
TMDL Assessment Data 10/03/12 Verified Impaired WBIDs (VI_Run44.zip) (Statewide_VI_v3.shp)
The data was downloaded in Shapefile format and was in the following projection: Albers, NAD 83, GRS 80.
The original layer, Statewide_VI_v3.shp, was renamed to impaired_waters_oct12.shp
Next the projection file was redefined from the FDEP Albers projection to the FGDL Albers projection.
GeoPlan added a SOURCE field for this edition, the original layer names as found above can be located for each feature in this field.
- A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME. - FGDLAQDATE was added based on date downloaded from source. - Deleted Object_ID, Area, and Length fields. - Upcased all records in the table
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20121203

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3010

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
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Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: IMPAIRED_WATERS_OCT12
Entity_Type_Definition: IMPAIRED_WATERS_OCT12.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HUC
Attribute_Definition: USGS Hydrologic Unit Code
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DISTRICT
Attribute_Definition: DEP Regulatory District
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GROUP_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PLANUNIT
Attribute_Definition: Planning Unit Grouping of WBIDs
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GROUP_NAME
Attribute_Definition: TMDL Basin Group Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition:
Waterbody Assessment Unit Name, called BASIN_1 in previous layers.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Waterbody type, called BODY in previous layers.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLASS
Attribute_Definition: Surface Water Classification value.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CYCLE
Attribute_Definition:
Cycle number. Identifies which iteration of the 5 year cycle the impairement was made.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OGC_CASE_N
Attribute_Definition: Case number generated by EPA.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ASSESSED_W
Attribute_Definition:
Assessed Water Body Identification (WBID) Number, alpha numeric.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CURRENT_WB
Attribute_Definition: Current Water Body Identification (WBID) Number, alpha numeric.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: X998_303_D
Attribute_Definition: Pollutant for which WBID is listed from 1998 303d.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARAMETERS
Attribute_Definition: Pollutant for which WBID is listed.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PARAMGR
Attribute_Definition: Pollutant Group for which WBID is listed.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SOURCE
Attribute_Definition:
Original FDEP source dataset name and date from the Basins 411 website.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on NAME.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
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Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
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Attribute_Definition: Area in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

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Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
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Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20130124
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Assessment Section
Contact_Person: Julie Espy
Contact_Position: Environmental Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Road - Mail Station 3555
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 245-8346
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Julie.Espy@dep.state.fl.us
Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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