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1Lizanne Garcia, 1Chris Anastasiou, Ph.D.& 2Dave Tomasko, Ph.D
Draft Charlotte Harbor Surface Water Improvement & Management (SWIM) Plan
Charlotte Harbor Flatwoods Initiative Meeting
June 10, 2020
1Surface Water Improvement & Management (SWIM) Program
Southwest Florida Water Management District
2Environmental Science Associates, Inc.
The SWIM Act, F.S. 373. 451 - 453
• 1987 - Legislature enacted that SWIM Act
• 1988 – SWFWMD SWIM First Priority Waterbody List
• 2019 – Update to SWFWMD SWIM Priority List
SWFWMD SWIM Priority List
• 1988 – SWIM Priority Waterbody
• 1993 – Original SWIM Plan
• 2000 – SWIM Plan Update
• Added Lemon Bay and Dona
Roberts Bay
• Established PLRG
• Consistency with the CHNEP
CCMP
• 2020 – Current SWIM Plan Update
• Three Major Focus Areas:
• Water Quality
• Hydrologic Restoration
• Natural Systems
• CHARLOTTE HARBOR
PROPER
• LEMON BAY
• DONA & ROBERTS BAY
• MYAKKA RIVER
• PEACE RIVER
Charlotte Harbor Basin
Boundaries
SWIM Plan Outline – Bays and Estuaries
Define Issues & Drivers
Develop ManagementActions
Priority Projects & Initiatives
SWIM Plan Development
Set Quantifiable Objectives
Watershed and Waterbody Evaluation
• Pollutant loading model update
• 1985 to 1992 TN Loading
compared to 2009 to 2015 TN
Loading
• Water quality evaluation
• No evidence of degrading
water clarity
• No evidence of increasing TN
except Lemon Bay
• No evidence of increasing
Chl-a
• Observations of local
conditions, including algal
blooms
Development of CH SWIM Plan Update
• Observed Macroalgae Blooms
• Potential Seagrass losses
Hurricane Irma: Sep 2017
Red Tide: Sep 2017 – Jan 2019
• Delayed plan development and worked
with partners to better assess the situation
and to adjust the SWIM Plan accordingly
Water Quality Goals and Actions
Continue the “Hold the Line” strategy for
Total Nitrogen
• Maintain SWFWMD monitoring network in
the watershed
• Support ambient monitoring network in
the Harbor Proper(CCHMN)
• Manage land use sources of TN
• Cooperative Funding
• FARMS Program
Hydrologic Restoration Goals and Actions
Restore and maintain historic flow ways and
hydroperiods
• Reduce excess flows in Flatford Swamp
and Dona Bay
• Participate in the Charlotte Harbor
Flatwoods Initiative
• Urban stream renewal
• Support SWUCA recovery strategy for
Peace and Myakka River watersheds
Natural Systems Goals and Actions
Maintain seagrass abundance
• Support continued seagrass mapping
Preserve and restore health of natural
systems within Charlotte Harbor and its
watershed
• Implement Natural Systems
restoration projects identified in the
CHNEP Habitat Restoration Needs
Update
• Develop and continue monitoring of
impacts of Sea Level Rise on coastal
systems
✓ Presentation to the CHNEP TAC - April 2018
✓ Presentation to the CHNEP TAC - December 2018
✓ Presentation to SWFWMD EAC – January 2019
✓ Presentation to CHNEP TAC – April 2020
✓ Public Workshop - May 26, 2020
▪ Governing Board approval of final draft plan – June 23, 2020
▪ Send to state agencies and local governments
▪ 45-day review period
▪ Consider comments
▪ Governing Board approval of final plan
Charlotte Harbor SWIM Plan – Next Steps
Draft Charlotte Harbor SWIM Plan
Questions and Comments?
• WaterMatters.org/SWIM
• Via email @[email protected]
• Via US Mail to: Charlotte Harbor SWIM Plan 7601 U.S Highway 301Tampa, FL 33637-6759
• Governing Board June 23, 2020