Oct 13 – 2017 Water Quality Data – Pensacola Bay System

 

2017

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Data

Date Water body Water Temp (°F) Water salinity (‰) Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l) ENT (colonies/100ml)
Jan 3 Texar 68 1.7 ND 6131
Jan 16 Texar 68 3.1 ND 10
Feb 3 Texar 57 6.9 7.8 8
Feb 6 Texar 63 4.2 7.8 10
Feb 13 Texar 69 5.7 6.9 0
Feb 27 Texar 68 6.4 7.7 0
Mar 3 Texar 68 9.5 8.1 0
Big Lagoon 69 22.8 8.0 0
Grande 69 13.8 7.7 10
Quietwater Sound 67 24.0 7.5 0
Casino Beach 68 32.4 7.5 0
Chico 68 13.0 7.8 10
Mar 13 Texar 63 8.6 7.5 10
Mar 20 Big Lagoon 68 19.4 7.8 10
Grande 70 13.8 7.7 0
Texar 70 11.0 7.3 0
Chico 71 15.3 7.2 0
Mar 21 Ft. Pickens 68 18.7 8.8 0
Quietwater Sound 68 22.9 8.1 0
Casino Beach 71 34.5 7.4 0
Navarre Sound 69 17.5 8.7 0
Oriole Beach 71 21.2 8.2 10
East Bay 70 16.2 8.0 0
Mar 22 Gulf Breeze Wayside Park 68 19.4 8.5 0
Blackwater Riverwalk 72 0.6 20 (E. coli)
Pond Creek 69 0.0 120 (E. coli)
Coldwater Creek 69 0.0 31 (E. coli)
Floridatown 74 10.7 10
Upper Perdido Bay 77 6.8 9.5 10
Lower Perdido Bay 73 16.0 7.8 0
Innerarity Point 70 20.3 8.4 20
Escambia River 67 1.7 41 (E. coli)
Mar 27 Texar 73 9.3 7.3 30

 

Apr 3 Big Lagoon 74 26.4 6.0 0
Bayou Grande 74 18.1 6.3 20
Bayou Chico 73 13.8 6.5 402
Apr 4 Quietwater 72 23.7 6.6 20
Casino Beach 72 32.0 7.0 0
Apr 10 Texar 71 10.2 7.5 10
Apr 17 Big Lagoon 75 22.8 6.3 0
Bayou Grande 77 14.9 6.2 20
Bayou Chico 78 13.9 6.6 41
Apr 18 Quietwater 74 23.3 6.7 0
Casino Beach 74 33.1 6.7 0
Apr 24 Bayou Texar 75 9.5 6.3 0
May 1 Big Lagoon 76 28.8 6.3 10
Heavy rain Bayou Grande 75 2.0 5.8 73
Bayou Texar 76 1.3 6.7 432
Bayou Chico 76 1.7 6.1 211
May 2 Quietwater 75 27.0 7.0 0
Casino Beach 76 1.7 6.1 211
May 8 Bayou Texar 74 13.1 6.4 0
May 15 Big Lagoon 78 20.2 6.1 10
Bayou Grande 80 20.5 5.6 20
Bayou Texar 81 13.6 6.2 0
Bayou Chico 82 17.8 6.3 52
May 16 Quietwater 78 23.3 6.7 0
Casino Beach 77 34.5 6.2 0
May 22 Bayou Texar 79 6.6 6.6 107
May 30 Big Lagoon 81 18.9 6.3 10
Heavy rain Bayou Grande 83 21.3 5.5 63
Bayou Texar 82 11.0 7.2 160
Bayou Chico 81 18.0 6.6 160
May 31 Quietwater Beach 80 24.7 5.6 10
Casino Beach 79 30.8 6.5 0
Jun 12 Big Lagoon 82 17.3 5.6 31
Heavy rain Bayou Grande 83 11.1 5.1 359
Bayou Texar 82 6.3 4.8 121
Bayou Chico 83 4.3 5.5 97
Jun 13 Quietwater Beach 80 20.3 5.1 0
Casino Beach 79 27.0 6.4 Pending
Jun 26 Big Lagoon 81 5.0 5.2 31
Bayou Grande 81 7.3 6.4 75
Bayou Texar 82 1.7 6.5 20
Blackwater River 80 0.0 10 (E.coli)
Pond Creek 74 0.0 75 (E. coli)
Floridatown 76 0.1 75
Upper Perdido Bay 78 0.1 0
Bayou Chico 82 2.5 5.2 122
Lower Perdido Bay 82 1.0 52
ICWW – Galvez Landing 82 6.8 20
Escambia River 76 0.0 30 (E. coli)
Jun 27 Pensacola Bay 82 3.3 0
Quietwater Beach 82 12.3 5.7 10
Casino Beach 81 31.6 6.5 20
Navarre 83 17.5 20
Oriole Beach 82 11.0 0
East Bay 84 2.2 0
Jul 10 Big Lagoon 86 18.3 4.9 31
Bayou Grande 88 4.1 4.8 697
Bayou Chico 86 3.0 6.6 99
Jul 11 Quietwater 86 8.3 5.9 0
Casino Beach 85 32.6 6.4 0
Jul 17 Bayou Texar 86 1.3 5.7 384
Jul 24 Big Lagoon 83 19.2 5.5 41
Bayou Grande 87 6.5 5.1 86
Bayou Texar 86 2.6 5.1 31
Bayou Chico 86 11.0 4.6 20
Jul 25 Quietwater Beach 83 16.5 5.6 10
Casino Beach 83 34.7 6.3 0
Jul 31 Bayou Texar 85 5.2 5.8 20
Aug 7 Big Lagoon 84 18.2 6.0 20
Bayou Grande 86 5.8 6.0 171
Bayou Texar 85 3.4 6.6 41
Bayou Chico 85 2.5 4.4 41
Aug 8 Quietwater Beach 83 17.3 5.9 10
Casino Beach 85 30.9 6.3 10
Aug 14 Bayou Texar 86 3.1 6.7 26
Aug 21 Big Lagoon 88 21.8 6.1 On hold
Bayou Grande 90 10.6 5.5 84
Bayou Texar 89 5.4 7.3 10
Bayou Chico 89 5.9 6.9 350
Aug 22 Quietwater Beach 86 16.1 6.2 10
Casino Beach 85 30.9 6.3 On hold
Aug 23 Big Lagoon 86 19.3 5.8 31
Aug 24 Casino Beach 85 30.5 6.0 10
Aug 28 Bayou Texar 84 5.4 7.0 20
Sep 5 Big Lagoon 82 14.0 5.8 0
Bayou Grande 83 8.9 5.1 238
Bayou Texar 83 3.3 6.8 20
Bayou Chico 80 1.0 5.4 75
Sep 6 Quietwater Beach 81 17.2 6.0 10
Casino Beach 82 28.9 6.2 64
Sep 12 Bayou Texar 72 8.4 6.7 10
Sep 18 Big Lagoon 85 20.5 7.2 52
Bayou Grande 87 14.4 6.4 10
Bayou Texar 86 10.8 7.1 0
Bayou Chico 86 12.6 6.0 201
Sep 19 Quietwater Beach 81 20.4 6.9 10
Casino Beach 83 31.9 6.2 10
Sep 25 Bayou Texar 80 9.2 5.9 306
Oriole Beach 82 20.6 ND 20
Upper Perdido Bay 83 14.6 ND 10
Lower Perdido Bay 81 13.1 ND 0
East Bay 80 17.4 ND 75
Galvez Landing 82 20.6 ND 0
Sep 26 3 Mile Bridge Gulf Breeze 81 18.0 4.9 0
Ft. Pickens 83 18.2 7.1 20
Santa Rosa Sound Navarre 82 19.6 5.2 10
Sep 27 Blackwater River 80 1.0 5.4 Pending
Pond Creek 72 0.0 6.8 Pending
Coldwater Creek 74 0.0 6.8 Pending
Floridatown ND 4.3 6.2 Pending
Escambia River 79 1.7 2.4 Pending
Oct 2 Bayou Grande 81 15.6 6.4 682
Bayou Texar 79 11.8 6.9 52
Bayou Chico 79 13.5 6.7 1090
Oct 3 Quietwater Beach 77 23.8 6.2 10
Casino Beach 77 33.3 6.1 0
Oct 4 Big Lagoon 74 26.9 6.9 0

Florida Department of Health

 

Date Water body Good

(0-35 colonies)

Moderate

(36-70 col)

Poor

(71 – > col)

Advisory Issued
Jan 6 Texar Poor Yes
Sanders Beach Poor
Sanders Beach

Re-tested

Moderate
Jan 9 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor
Jan 10 Sanders Beach

 

Good Re-test No
Jan 17 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
Jan 23 Texar Poor Yes
Sanders Beach Poor
Jan Sanders Beach Restested Good Re-test No
Jan 30 Texar Good
Feb 6 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
Feb 13 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Moderate
Feb 27 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Moderate
Mar 6 Chico Good
Grande Good
Texar Good
Big Lagoon Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Good
Mar 7 Quietwater Good
Park West Good
Park East Good
Casino Beach Good
Mar 13 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor
Mar 15 Sanders (re-test) Good Re-test No
Mar 20 Chico Good
Grande Good
Texar Good
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Poor No
Pensacola Bay Good
Park West Good
Park East Good
Quietwater Good
Mar 27 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
Apr 3 Grande Good
Heavy rain Texar Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Moderate
Chico Poor Yes
Apr 4 Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Quietwater Good
Apr 10 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor No
Apr 12 Sanders Beach (retest) Good
Apr 17 Big Lagoon Good
Grande Good
Chico Moderate
Perdido Key SP Good
Sanders Beach Moderate
Apr 18 Quietwater Good
Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Apr 24 Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
May 1 Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Heavy rain Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
May 2 Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Quietwater Beach Good
May 8 Sanders Beach Good
Bayou Texar Good
May 15 Bayou Grande Good
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Moderate
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Good
May 16 Quietwater Good
Casino Beach Good
Park West Good
Park East Good
May 22 Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Sanders Beach Moderate
May 30 Bayou Grande Moderate
Heavy rain Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Big Lagoon SP Good
Johnsons Beach Good
Sanders Beach Good
May 31 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Good
Jun 5 Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Heavy rain Sanders Beach Poor No
Jun 6 Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Jun 12 Big Lagoon Good
Heavy rain Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Johnson’s Beach Good
Jun 13 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Poor No
Park East Good
Park West Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Jun 19 Bayou Texar Good
Record rain Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Jun 26 Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Jun 27 Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Good
Jul 5 Bayou Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Jul 10 Sanders Beach Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Johnsons Beach Good
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Jul 11 Quietwater Good
Opal Beach Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Casino Beach Good
Jul 17 Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Jul 24 Big Lagoon Moderate
Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Good
Johnsons Beach Poor

Re-tested 7/26

No
Perdido Key State Park Poor

Re-tested 7/26

No
Sanders Beach Poor No
Jul 25 Quietwater Beach Good
Casio Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Good
Jul 31 Bayou Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Aug 1 Sanders Beach Good
Aug 7 Big Lagoon State Park Good
Johnson Beach Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Saunders Beach Good
Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Moderate
Bayou Chico Moderate
Aug 8 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Good
Aug 14 Bayou Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
Aug 21 Big Lagoon Poor No
Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Poor No
Johnsons Beach Poor No
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Moderate
Aug 22 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Poor No
Park East Moderate
Park West Poor No
Ft. Pickens Good
Opal Beach Moderate
Aug 28 Bayou Texar Good
Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Sep 5 Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Good
Johnsons Beach Good
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Good
Sep 6 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Moderate
Park West Moderate
Park East Good
Ft. Pickens Moderate
Opal Beach Good
Sep 12 Bayou Texar Good
Sanders Beach Good
Sep 18 Big Lagoon Moderate
Perdido Key State Park Good
Bayou Grande Good
Bayou Texar Good
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Sep 19 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Sep 25 Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Sep 26 Sanders Beach Good
Oct 2 Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Bayou Texar Moderate
Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Perdido Key State Park Good
Sanders Beach Poor No (re-test)
Oct 3 Quietwater Beach Good
Casino Beach Good
Park East Good
Park West Good
Oct 4 Sanders Beach Good
Oct 8 Bayou Chico Poor Yes
Hurricane Bayou Grande Poor Yes
Nate Bayou Texar Poor Yes
Sanders Beach Poor Yes
Big Lagoon State Park Poor Yes
Quietwater Beach Poor Yes

 

Enterococcus bacteria are found in the intestines of warm blooded animals and are the accepted proxy for water quality monitoring in marine systems. A 100ml of sample is collected, placed in nutrient petri dish, incubated, and the number of bacteria colonies counted.

Enterococcus – (marine )amount/100ml should not exceed monthly geometric mean of 35 colonies.

  1. coli – (fresh) amount/100ml should not exceed monthly geometric mean of 126 colonies.

0-35 colonies / 100ml = “GOOD”

36-70 colonies / 100ml = “MODERATE”

71 > colonies / 100ml = “POOR” – poor samples are re-sampled – if second reading is also poor a health advisory is issued.

 

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Posted: April 14, 2017


Category: Coasts & Marine, Water
Tags: Pensacola Bay, Water Quality, Water Quality In Pensacola Bay


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