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Volume I

The South Florida Environment

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Units of Measurement

Glossary of Technical Terms

Volume I Appendices

Volume II: District Annual Reports and Plans


Chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction to the 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I

Chapter 2: Hydrology of the South Florida Environment

Chapter 3A: Status of Water Quality in the Everglades Protection Area

Chapter 3B: Mercury and Sulfur Monitoring, Research and Environmental Assessment
in South Florida

Chapter 4: Phosphorus Source Controls for the South Florida Environment

Chapter 5: STA Performance, Compliance and Optimization

Chapter 6: Ecology of the Everglades Protection Area

Chapter 7A: Everglades Restoration Update

Chapter 7B: RECOVER Activities Update

Chapter 8: Implementation of the Long-Term Plan for Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Everglades Protection Area

Chapter 9: The Status of Nonindigenous Species in the South Florida Environment

Chapter 10: Lake Okeechobee Protection Program - State of the Lake and Watershed

Chapter 11: Kissimmee Basin

Chapter 12: Management and Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems

Chapter 13: Everglades Forever Act Annual Financial Report

 

Appendices

Chapter 1                  

Appendix 1-1: Overview of the Peer-Review Process for the 2009 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I

Appendix 1-2: Peer Review Panel Comments on the Draft 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I

Appendix 1-3: Comments on the Draft 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I from Outside Persons and Organizations

Appendix 1-4: Authors’ Responses to Comments on the Draft 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I

Appendix 1-5: Final Report of the Peer Review Panel for the Draft 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I

Appendix 1-6: Authors’ Responses to the Peer Review Panel Report on the Draft 2009 South Florida Environmental Report - Volume I

Chapter 2                    

Appendix 2-1: Water Year 2008 Groundwater Levels

Appendix 2-2: Comparison of Water Years 2007 and 2008 Monthly Rainfall and Water Year 2008 Potential Evapotranspiration for District Rainfall Areas

Appendix 2-3: Historical Daily Average Water Levels

Appendix 2-4: Monthly Historical Average, Water Year 2007 and Water Year 2008
Water Levels

Appendix 2-5: Water Year 2008 Monthly Inflows and Outflows

Appendix 2-6: Monthly Historical Average, Water Year 2007 and Water Year 2008 Flows  

Chapter 3A                    

Appendix 3A-1: Summary of Water Year 2008 Water Quality Monitoring Results

Appendix 3A-2: Summary of Water Year 2004 through Water Year 2008 Water Quality Monitoring Results at Individual Monitoring Stations

Appendix 3A-3: Summary of Water Year 2008 Attainment of the Everglades Dissolved Oxygen Site-Specific Alternative Criteria at Individual Monitoring Stations  

Appendix 3A-4: Annual Summary of Total Phosphorus Concentrations at Everglades Protection Area Monitoring Stations during Water Year 2008

Appendix 3A-5: Summary of Annual Flows and Total Phosphorus Loads by Structure for Water Year 2008

Appendix 3A-6: Annual Total Phosphorus Criteria Compliance Assessment for Water Year 2004 through Water Year 2008

Appendix 3A-7: Annual Permit Compliance Monitoring Report for Non-Everglades Construction Project Discharge Structures

Appendix 3A-8: Annual Water Quality Monitoring Report for Interim Operation Plan for Protection of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow

Chapter 3B                    

Appendix 3B-1: Annual Permit Compliance Monitoring Report for Mercury in Downstream Receiving Waters of the Everglades Protection Area

Chapter 4                    

Appendix 4-1: Implementation Strategies for Source Control Programs for Watersheds in the Northern and Southern Everglades

Appendix 4-2: Water Year 2008 Supplemental Evaluations for Regulatory Source Control Programs in Lake Okeechobee Watershed

Appendix 4-3: Water Year 2008 Supplemental Evaluations for Regulatory Source Control Programs in Everglades Construction Project Basins

Appendix 4-4: Water Year 2008 Supplemental Evaluations for Regulatory Source Control Programs in Non-Everglades Construction Project Basins

Chapter 5                  

Appendix 5-1: Cross-Reference List for Everglades Forever Act Permit Reporting Requirements

Appendix 5-2: Individual Performance Time-Series Plots and Period of Record Flow and Total Phosphorus Load Estimates for the STAs

Appendix 5-3: Statements of Authenticity of the Sampling and Analytical Programs for Everglades Forever Act Permits

Appendix 5-4: Annual Permit Compliance Monitoring Report for Mercury in the STAs

Appendix 5-5: Water Year 2008 Water Quality Data for STA-1E, STA-1W, STA-2,
STA-3/4, STA-5 and STA-6

Appendix 5-6: Water Year 2008 Dissolved Oxygen Data for STA-1E, STA-1W, STA-2, STA-3/4 and STA-5 and Site-Specific Alternative Criteria Estimates

Appendix 5-7: Calculation Methodology for Estimating Flow and Total Phosphorus Loads and for Determining Effective Treatment Areas for the STAs

Appendix 5-8: Water Budgets and Total Phosphorus Mass Balance Budgets and Treatment Performance in STA Treatment Cells and Flow-Ways

Appendix 5-9: Monthly Water Quality Data for Marsh Transect Stations at STA-1W, STA-1E, STA-2 and STA-5

Appendix 5-10: STA Herbicide Application Summary for Water Year 2008

Appendix 5-11: STA Black-Necked Stilt Nesting Summary for Water Year 2008

Appendix 5-12: STA Plant Taxa

Appendix 5-13: STA-3/4 PSTA Implementation Project Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Coverage Maps

Appendix 5-14: Summary Statistics for Water Quality Variables Monitored in the
STA-3/4 PSTA Implementation Project

Appendix 5-15: STA Soil Evaluation

Chapter 6     None     

Chapter 7A                  

Appendix 7A-1: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Annual Report – 470 Report

Appendix 7A-2: Picayune Strand Restoration Project Baseline Report

Appendix 7A-3: Permitted Conditions Annual Reports for CERP Expedited Projects

Appendix 7A-4: L-8 Reservoir Project: Annual Water Quality Assessment Report for Water Year 2008

Appendix 7A-5: Northern Everglades Annual Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2009–2010

Chapter 7B     None
Chapter 8       None
Chapter 9       None   

Chapter 10     

 Appendix 10-1: Lake Okeechobee Operating Permit Annual Report for Water Year 2008

Chapter 11     None
Chapter 12     None
Chapter 13     None

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