Tag: Water Bodies

To the Wetzel family, a perfect day is one spent on the water fishing and enjoying each other’s company. For the past 10 years, they have added a volunteer component to their outdoors time by collecting samples for… Read More

Category: Community Volunteers, Natural Resources, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, Water, Work & Life

Tags: citizen science, Florida LAKEWATCH, LAKEWATCH, Osceola County, special topics, volunteers, water, Water Bodies, water quality

UF scientists to probe downstream ecological impacts of stormwater ponds

by Brad Buck

Posted: March 16, 2021

Florida teems with rain. Depending on where you live, you might get 40 to 60 inches annually. That rain must go somewhere. Enter Florida’s 76,000 stormwater pods. When it rains, the water runs off the land, bringing chemicals,… Read More

Category: Natural Resources, Water

Tags: AJ Reisinger, biscayne bay, debris, drain, flood control, manatee county, nutrients, Rain, rivers, stormwater, stormwater pond, stormwater runoff, Tampa Bay, treatment, Water Bodies

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida

P.O. Box 110180 Gainesville, FL 32611-0180 | Phone: (352) 392-1761

Tag: Water Bodies

Father’s Day feature: a family’s love for the water becomes an act of service

UF scientists to probe downstream ecological impacts of stormwater ponds