Summary


These TMDLs address fecal coliform, dissolved oxygen (DO), un-ionized ammonia, and/or nutrient impairments in these Everglades West Coast waterbodies. These waterbodies were verified as impaired by fecal coliforms, total nitrogen (TN), and/or total phosphorus using the methodology established in Chapter 62-303, F.A.C., Identification of Impaired Surface Waters. For the DO TMDLs, water quality targets were identified by either using the TN concentration of local reference water bodies after establishing a relationship between DO and TN concentrations or, in the case of Lake Trafford, by developing regression relationships and using a computer model to simulate the hydrology and water quality. The percent reduction method was used to develop the fecal coliform TMDLs.