Data
Availability
Springs and surface water data can be downloaded from
Florida STORET. Additionally, those data can be obtained from
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STORET
database. Historical (pre-2000) groundwater data may be
obtained via EPA LEGACY STORET. Please see the webpage
addresses below. Special data requests may be made by
contacting
James.Silvanima@dep.state.fl.us of the Bureau of Watershed
Management. In the future, statewide ground water data will be
made available through the Internet, via an application
currently in development.
STORET Database
STORET—an acronym for STORage and RETrieval database—is a national
water quality database created and administered by the EPA to serve as
the central repository for the nation’s water quality data. For over 30
years, scientists across the nation have been storing their water
quality data in STORET. The EPA STORET data retrieval website is located
at
http://www.epa.gov/storet/dbtop.html LEGACY STORET, which contains
historical groundwater data, is found at
http://www.epa.gov/storpubl/legacy/gateway.htm
Florida STORET is designed to meet the tenets of the “Impaired Waters
Rule” (Chapter 62-303, Florida Administrative Code). The Florida
Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) STORET gathers and
maintains statewide water quality data, consisting of springs and
surface water data from Florida. To facilitate data acquisition, Florida
makes its STORET software available at no cost through the Florida
STORET Program. In turn, the Florida STORET Program provides the
national water quality database (“STORET”) with annual updates.
Please
see the
EPA
STORET home page and the
DEP
STORET web site for more information concerning STORET.
