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Enterococcus and Other Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Santa Rosa Sound Tidal Creeks
Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Remediation, University of West Florida
06/16/2025
Abstract
Excerpt from Introduction: The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) has set acceptable Enterococcus levels in the environment for determination of human health at 70 MPN/100 mL which is known as the Beach action value or BAV (Florida Department of Health in Bay). Values which exceed this amount result in warnings to the public on the quality of conditions within the waterways and advisory to avoid water contact (Florida Department of Health in Bay). Monitoring at Navarre Park on Highway 98 by Florida Department of Health has shown poor water quality based on high levels of Enterococcus from multiple samples which has resulted in advisories (FDOH website). Poor and moderate conditions have been most prominent in summer months with better conditions during the colder winter months (Florida Department of Health). Thus, identifying possible contamination sources to Santa Rosa Sound in this region is critical. To identify potential sources, we collected samples at multiple locations in creeks entering the Sound near Navarre as well as a stormwater outfall and Santa Rosa Sound water at Navarre Park between January and March 2024.
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- Title
- Enterococcus and Other Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Santa Rosa Sound Tidal Creeks
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publisher
- Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Remediation, University of West Florida; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 12
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99381380495506600
- Academic Unit
- Biology; Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation ; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English