Mosquito Lagoon Watershed Livingshoreline monitoring data

PROJECT NAME: Implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of native vegetative buffers at controlling nonpoint source pollution and as a tool for public education along the Indian River Lagoon

GRANT FUNDING:                         $ 494,694             

Match Funding:                        $ 345,979

TOTAL PROJECT COST:            $ 840,673

LEAD ORGANIZATION: Bethune-Cookman University

CONTACT information:

Name: Hyun Jung Cho

Street Address: 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd.

City, State, Zip:          Daytona Beach, FL 32114

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

FINANCIAL COOPERATING PARTNERS: Bethune-Cookman University, Marine Discovery Center, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Aquatic Preserve

PROJECT LOCATION AND WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS: 

Geographic Location (city and county): New Smyrna Beach, FL and nearby cities

Size of Project Impact: North Indian River Lagoon Stakeholder zone (A Project Zone)

Size of Area Being Treated: approx. 100,000 sq ft (9300 sq. m)

Latitude (decimal degrees):  approx. 29 N

Longitude (decimal degrees): 80.9 W

12 Digit Hydrologic Unit Code: 030802020400

WBID: 2924B2, 2924B1

Impaired Water Body Affected:  Indian River Lagoon Basin Northern Indian River Lagoon (North A)

TMDL Status and Name: Nutrient TMDLs (TN: 177,220 lbs/yr; TP: 9320 lbs/yr)

TMDL Impairment; indicate the parameters in the TMDL: Water quality conditions necessary for seagrass regrowth at water depth limits where seagrass historically grew in the basin (a 10% reduction in the target seagrass depth)

Impairments to be Addressed by Project: Dissolved oxygen, Nutrients (TN, TP), Un-Ionized Ammonia, turbidity, seagrass depth limits

PROJECT OVERVIEW:  The primary objective of this project is to reduce nonpoint source pollution along the Mosquito Lagoon (ML), a northern sub-lagoon of the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) system, by (1) transforming artificially landscaped turfgrass dominated shorelines and retention ponds into living shorelines of native Florida plants that are known to be better filters of nonpoint source nutrients and (2) engaging the public and enhancing awareness of their role in contribution to BMPs for nonpoint source pollution impacting the system.