Website

https://www.broward.org/NaturalResources/Lab/AboutUs/Pages/canalwaterquality.aspx

Region(s)

SE

Summary

Broward County has more than 266 miles of fresh and estuarine waterways, the majority of which are man-made canals. The County established an ambient surface water quality monitoring program that measures the chemical, physical and biological conditions of our surface waters and gathers baseline data to assess overall conditions in each major waterway. Samples are collected at 46 sites throughout the County on a quarterly basis each year. The canals and Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) are sampled for a number of water quality parameters including: total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, and salinity at all stations. Copper samples are collected at selected sites in the estuarine canals and along the ICW.throughout Broward County on a quarterly basis each year. The canals and Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) are sampled for a number of water quality parameters including: total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, and salinity at all stations. Copper samples are collected at selected sites in the estuarine canals and along the ICW.

Parameters

Chlorophyll a- corrected, Coliform Fecal, Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrogen, ammonia (NH3) + ammonium (NH4), Nitrogen- Total, Nitrogen- Total Kjeldahl, pH, Pheophytin a, Phosphorus- Total, Salinity, Specific Conductance, Temperature, Turbidity

Notes

Application

Publications

Start

1999

End

Current

Frequency

Quarterly

Method

Discontinuity

Data Location

WIN (OrgID _ 21FLBROW)

Data Format

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Broward County. (2025). Broward County Water Quality Monitoring . Updated 05/18/2026. Distributed by: SEACAR Data Discovery Interface, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://data.florida-seacar.org/programs/details/10013

Alternative Citation

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