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Water Management, MFLs (Minimum Flows and Levels) and Historical Flow

(MFLs: "The limit at which further water withdrawls would cause significant harm to the water resource or ecology of the area" (USGS))

Anon.  (1992).  Hydrobiological monitoring program-Summary report for the Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  497 pp.

Anon.  (1987).  Environmental and water quality considerations in relations to withdrawing freshwater from the Peace River and Myakkahatchee Creek.  116 pp.  Technical Memorandum for General Development Utilities, Inc.

Benthic macroinvertebrate and mollusc study design for Peace River regional water supply facility hydrobiological monitoring program: Phase I report: scientific plan of study to investigate potential long-term monitoring options for the Peace River.(1998).  1 vol.  Sarasota, FL: Mote Marine Laboratory.
(The report describes a program of sampling and measurement in the tidal Peace River, Florida, for the purpose of identifying those attributes of benthic macroinvertebrate species and communities most likely to change, in detectable and statistically significant ways, if decreased river flows or increased freshwater diversions change the tidal environment, primarily with respect to salinity and dissolved oxygen.)

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.  (2000).  Committing to our future: a comprehensive conservation and management plan for the Greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  2 vols.  North Fort Myers, FL: The Program.

(Volume I is the main part of the management plan.  The management plan has goals, quantifiable objectives, and priority actions.  These priority actions are the specific strategies for achieving the goals and quantifiable objectives for each of the three priority problems: hydrologic alterations, water quality degradation, and fish and wildlife habitat loss.

Volume II describes each preliminary implementation project, as provided by its sponsoring organization.  The projects in Volume 2 are organized first by the basin where the project is located, and then by sponsoring organization.  The basins include (1) Regionwide; (2) Caloosahatchee River and watershed; (3) Lower Peace and Myakka Rivers; and (4) Upper Peace and Myakka Rivers.  To assist the reader in finding the page number for a particular project, several indexes of the projects are provided in Volume 2.  Also, an extensive list of acronyms is provided in both volumes of this document.)

Coastal Environmental.  (1996).  Review and analyses of meteorological, tributary flow, and water quality data from the Charlotte Harbor Estuarine System.  Final Report.  Tampa, FL: South Florida Water Management District.

Coastal Environmental.  (1995).  Living resource-based salinity targets for the Peace River.  64 pp.  Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Daltry, W. E. and David Y. Burr.  (1998).  Base Program Analysis: Volume 1: Description of the existing laws, policy and resource management structures in the Greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  Charlotte Harbor National Estuaries Program Technical Report No. 98-01.  162pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

(The purpose of the base programs analysis is to recognize the current public and private environmental regulatory programs, provide an assessment of the overall programs that are in place, and identify the gaps in the existing institutional framework for resource management.  Provides a snapshot of the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program's socioeconomic conditions.  It reviews the current institutional management of the natural resources in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  This analysis is performed within an outline of the three major priority problems: hydrologic alterations; water quality degradation; and fish and wildlife habitat loss.)

Environmental Quality Laboratory.  (1989).  Hydrobiological monitoring program data report for the period from March 1987 through February 1988 covering the Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  261 pp.  Port Charlotte, FL: The Laboratory.

Environmental Quality Laboratory.  (1982).  Hydrobiological monitoring, March 1981 through February 1982, Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  232 pp.  Port Charlotte, FL: The Laboratory.

Environmental Quality Laboratory.  (1981).  Hydrobiological monitoring, February 1980 through February 1981, Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  248 pp.  Port Charlotte, FL: The Laboratory.

Environmental Quality Laboratory.  (1980).  Hydrobiological monitoring, November 1978 through January 1980, Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  Port Charlotte, FL: The Laboratory.

Environmental Quality Laboratory.  (1979).  Hydrobiological monitoring, January 1976 through October 1978, Lower Peace River and Charlotte Harbor.  2 vols.  Port Charlotte, FL: The Laboratory.
(This document reports the results obtained from January 1976 through mid-October 1978 from a hydrobiological monitoring program described in the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Consumptive Use Permit to General Development Utilities, for the Peace River Regional Water Treatment Plant.  The program is designed to describe the responses of various physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Charlotte Harbor estuary to seasonal changes in Peace River flow.  Physical, chemical and biological sampling station locations extend from inside Boca Grande Pass in lower Charlotte Harbor, to the non-tidal portion of the Peace River at Arcadia, Florida.)

Estevez, E. D. J. Miller and J. Morris.  (1984).  Charlotte Harbor Estuarine Ecosystem Complex and the Peace River.  2 vols.  Fort Myers, FL: Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council.
(This is a 1984 review of published and unpublished scientific information on the Charlotte Harbor estuarine ecosystem complex and the Peace River.  It covers the entire coastal area of the Charlotte Harbor region, including Gasparilla Sound, the Peace and Myakka River estuaries, Charlotte Harbor proper, Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound, the Caloosahatchee River estuary, San Carlos Bay and Estero Bay.  A special chapter has been prepared for the Peace River.  Information has been reviewed in the disciplines of meteorology, topography, geology, hydrology, water chemistry, and biology.)     

Flannery, M. S. and M. Barcelo.  (1998).  Spatial and temporal patterns of streamflow trends in the Upper Charlotte Harbor watershed.  In S. F. Treat (Ed.).  Proceedings of the Charlotte Harbor Public Conference and Technical Symposium (pp. 63-72).  Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Technical Report No. 98-02.
Full text: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9802-11.pdf

Fraser, Thomas H. and Ralph T. Montgomery.  (1997).  Compendium of existing monitoring programs in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  187 pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

(This report describes monitoring programs for the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program study area.(including the Myakka River).The objectives of this report are to: 1) identify and describe all existing land, air, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and vegetation, and water monitoring programs that pertain to the study area; 2) provide a summary of those programs both temporally and geographically; 3) help identify areas where monitoring is lacking or where protocols are inconsistent; and 4) assist existing programs in coordinating their efforts and increase understanding of programs across organizations.)

Fraser, T. H.  (1991).  Lower Peace River and Horse Creek: Flow and characteristics, 1976-1986.  In R. J. Livingston (Ed.).  The Rivers of Florida (pp. 143-185).  New York: Springer-Verlag.

Garlanger, John E..  (2002).  Effects of phosphate mining and other land uses on Peace River flows.  Talahassee, FL: Florida Phosphate Council.
http://www.ardaman.com/pubs/Peace%20River%20Paper.pdf        

Guccione, M. J.  (1995).  Indirect response of the Peace River, Florida, to episodic sea-level change.  Journal of Coastal Research,  11(3): 637-650.

Hammett, H. T.  (1988).  Land use, water use, streamflow, and water quality characteristics of the Charlotte Harbor inflow area, Florida.  104 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U. S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.  213 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Geological Survey.
(The report discusses land use, water use, streamflow, and river water quality in the Charlotte Harbor inflow area.  Previously published studies were reviewed.  Graphical techniques and statistical procedures were used to evaluate and interpret the data.  The compilation and analyses of data are based on the following time frames: land use (1972-73 and 1984); water use (1975 and 1980); streamflow (through 1984); and water quality (through 1985).)

Hutchinson, C. B.  (1978).  Appraisal of shallow ground-water resources and management alternatives in the upper Peace and eastern Alafia River Basins, Florida.  Water-resources investigations; 77-124.  57 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Geological Survey.
(This report presents the results of a 27-month investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District, to determine the thickness and areal extent of the surficial aquifer and the upper unit of the Floridan aquifer, to determine their hydraulic properties and water quality, and to evaluate their potential as a source of supply.  The thickness, structure, and water levels of two aquifers are mapped; the results of 20 aquifer tests and 23 analyses of chemical quality are presented; and an examination is made of hydrogeologic controls on the potential development of ground water in the area. Although the project is limited in areal extent to the Peace and Alafia River basins in parts of Hillsborough, Polk, and Hardee counties, results will be transferable to surrounding areas and other parts of the state having similar hydrologic conditions.)

Kaufman, Matthew I.  (1967).  Hydrologic effects of ground-water pumpage in the Peace and Alafia River Basins, Florida, 1934-1965.  32 pp.  Tallahassee: U.S. Geological Survey.

(The purposes of this report are to: (1) determine the effects of ground-water pumpage on the hydrologic system for the period 1934-1965, with special reference to artesian water levels; (2) determine the areal pattern and magnitude of seasonal water-level fluctuations and long-term water-level trends; (3) predict possible future trends in ground-water conditions; (4) portray some of the hydrologic effects of lowered artesian water levels with respect to lake levels, sinkhole occurrence, position of the saline-fresh water interface, and (5) provide hydrologic information that will assist in the planning and development of the area's water resources and which will serve as a brief hydrologic background for more detailed studies, such as a quantitative evaluation of the aquifer system.)

Lewelling, B.R., A. G. Tihansky and J. L. Kindinger.  (1998).  Assessment of the hydraulic connection between ground water and the Peace River, West-Central Florida.  96 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri97_4211_lewelling.html 
(The hydraulic connection between the Peace River and the underlying aquifers along the length of the Peace River from Bartow to Arcadia was assessed to evaluate flow exchanges between these hydrologic systems.)

Lewelling, B. R.  (1997).  Hydrologic and water-quality conditions in the Horse Creek Basin, West-Central Florida, October 1992-February 1995.  72 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Geological Survey.
http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri97_4077_lewelling.html
(Describes a baseline study of the 241-square-mile Horse Creek basin to assess the hydrologic and water-quality conditions.)

Michel, John F., et al.  (1975).  Study of the effect of fresh water withdrawal on the Lower Peace River, DeSoto County, Florida.  99 pp.  Miami, FL: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami.
(The study was intended to develop a system for the prediction and monitoring of the effects of the planned withdrawals on the water quality and its consequent impact on the biological community.  Tasks consisted of the collection of baseline biological and physical data for future comparison; the establishment of relationships between fresh water discharge and tides on the water quality (mainly salinity); the relation of the biological community to the water quality; the prediction of the effects of the planned withdrawals; and the establishment of a monitoring system for use after the construction of the system so as to foresee and prevent adverse effects.)

Murphy, W. R., K. M. Hammett, and C. V. Reeter.  (1978).  Flood profiles for Peace River, south-central Florida.  35 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Geological Survey.

(This report presents flood heights and profiles for a 70-mile reach of Peace River from Bartow to Arcadia.  The flood heights were calculated using the U.S. Geological Survey step-backwater model.  Profiles were prepared for floods having expected recurrence intervals of 2, 2.33, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and 500 years.  Flood-peak discharges used in the step-backwater analyses were determined by weighting stream gauging station data with data from a regional analysis.  Land-surface elevation data for 183 cross sections (including values of Manning's roughness coefficient) were also used in the backwater analyses.  Flood-height data are judged to be generally accurate to plus or minus .5 foot.  They indicate that most roads and two bridges in the study reach will be inundated by some of the floods evaluated.)

Stoker, Yvonne E.  (1992).  Salinity distribution and variation with freshwater inflow and tide, and potential changes in salinity due to altered freshwater inflow in the Charlotte Harbor estuarine system, Florida.  Water-resources investigations report ; 92-4062.  30 pp.  Tallahassee, FL: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

(This report presents the results of a study to define the temporal and spatial salinity variability in Charlotte Harbor, relate this variability to freshwater inflow and tide conditions, and evaluate potential changes in salinity that might result from altered freshwater inflow to the harbor.  The study area includes upper Charlotte Harbor, Pine Island Sound, Matlacha Pass, San Carlos Bay, nearshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the tidal Caloosahatchee River, and the lower reaches of the tidal Peace and Myakka rivers.  Data were collected from June 1982 to May 1987.)