Draft Agenda

Technical Oversight Committee

April 30, 2003; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

 

South Florida Water Management District

Headquarters, B-1 Building, Storch Room,

3301 Gun Club Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680

Phone:  561-686-8800

 

Introductory Comments: Additions or modifications to the agenda.

Garth Redfield (TOC Chair), SFWMD

     

  1. * Approval of TOC minutes from February 11, 2003 TOC meeting (10 minutes). Garth Redfield, SFWMD

     

  2. * Water Quality Conditions Report to the TOC and Water Quality Assessment Report for Water Quality Monitoring (30 minutes). Tim Bechtel, Cheol Mo and Delia Ivanoff, SFWMD.

     

  3. * Discussion and Approval of Letter to Principals on Exceedance of Interim Limits in the Refuge (30 minutes). Garth Redfield and Tim Bechtel, SFWMD.

     

  4. New District Water Quality Website with Monthly Data Updates (30 minutes). Nenad Iricanin, SFWMD.

     

  5. Final Conceptual Plan for Achieving the Long-Term Water Quality Goals (March 17, 2003) (45 minutes). Gary Goforth and Tracey Piccone, SFWMD

     

  6. Modifications to Non-ECP Permit Monitoring. Paul McGinnes, Stuart Van Horn, Linda Crean and Pam Sievers, SFWMD.

     

  7. Comparison of Existing and New TP Method on Low-Level TP Determinations (20 minutes). Dave Struve and Meifung Zhou, SFWMD

     

  8. * Update on C-111 Project and Water Quality (10 minutes). Kim Taplin, USACOE

     

  9. Status Report on STA 1E with Monitoring and Operational Plans and Consideration of Downstream Impacts (30 minutes). Jim Sturgis, SFWMD and Paul Moczynski, USACOE.

     

  10. Progress on S5A Sampling System (20 minutes). Bahram Charkhian, SFWMD

     

  11. Additional Public Comments and Date for Next TOC meeting

 

* Items for consideration and possible action by the Technical Oversight Committee.

 

 

Action Items from the February 2003 TOC Meeting as of February 12, 2003

Garth Redfield, TOC Chair

     

  1. Continue studies of factors influencing phosphorus levels entering the Park through Shark River Slough.

     

  1. Compare S151 to Park inflow structures for trends. Looking at various parameters may help isolate the linkage between canal and marsh levels. A longer term project, lead TBD (DOI or DEP?)

     

  1. Check into high values in Taylor Slough (flow, disturbance or pumping) and provide brief letter report to TOC. Tim Bechtel and Cheol Mo

     

  2. Provide data for WCA-2A and answer question as to whether values are increasing. Tim Bechtel, et al. (time TBD)

     

  3. Conduct data analysis of wet phosphorus deposition data and develop brief technical paper on data quality after slash guards have been implemented. Bahram Charkhian (work is on-going)

     

  4. Develop P scatter diagrams and regression analysis for TP data from split samples in the ranges of 0 to 20 ppb, 0 - 50 and 0 to highest value. Also give 1:1 line on graphs. Provide original data to TOC. Delia Ivanoff and Juan Manzano

     

  5. Produce an update on split (not field replicate) sampling is being done, as opposed to replicate sampling done in the Refuge earlier. Delia Ivanoff and Juan Manzano

     

  6. Provide a draft letter evaluating exceedance of interim TP limit in the Refuge for July, 2002. Garth Redfield and Tim Bechtel

     

  7. Provide an update on Coastal Zone monitoring optimization. Garth Redfield and Naomi Duerr

     

  8. Prepare presentation on District's water quality website. Nenad Iracanin and Tim Bechtel

     

  9. Prepare presentation on STA 1E monitoring and downstream effects. Jim Sturgis and Paul Moczynski

 

Walker's recommendations are given in 'Walker W.W. 2002. Analysis of recent P data from Shark River Slough inflows to Everglades National Park. DRAFT for discussion at the TOC meeting, August 1, 2002'.



 

References:

Analysis of Recent Phosphorus Data from Shark River Slough Inflows to Everglades National Park ( srs_toc_draft_072902.pdf )

04/13/2003