Problem
There's no existing public-facing water quality testing program available to private-property owners in Leon County.
Solution
Leon's Soil and Water Conservation District partners with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering to develop a free or low-cost water quality testing program for private-property owners in Leon County, prioritizing residents within a 1-mi radius of impaired water bodies.
Test Cases
- A property-owner in Capitola with the St. Marks River running through their backyard.
End Product
A visual inventory, in the form of an interactive map, of water quality in Tallahassee-Leon County
Goals:
- to find pollution hotspots
- to identify options to either treat water or reduce/trap pollution before it travels downstream
- Connect owners to TAPP or other resources offered by the City/County/State
Data/Information Sources:
- City of Tallahassee’s Stormwater Dept, Mark Heidecker
- Water quality data for water resources in the City
- Offer best practices / methods for WQ testing
- TAPP program
- Leon County’s Water Resources, Terry Richardson
- Water quality data for water resources in the County
- Can get best practices / methods for WQ testing
- NWF Water Management District, Craig Freeman
- Location of wells; water quality
- Leon County Property Appraiser
- Florida Dept of Agriculture
- Florida Dept of Environmental Protection
- Data: WIN
- Don’t do public testing but can offer instructions/demo
- UF/IFAS Extension Office
- Don’t do public testing but can offer instructions/demo
- Florida Lake Watch